Remedies - Sabrina and Corina
By Kali Fajardo
As for my final project I decided to do the disappearing act , which was our first project for this class , as you can you I’ve cut out the lice from Clarisas hair while her grandma Estella uses her remedy to remove Clarisas hair. Behind of Clarisa is he grandma which she is holding the remedy in the can it says “ Fuck Lice” and at the bottom “ Consist of Female Power” which I added those for fun and also the mask she is wearing . I really enjoyed reading the story.
In the Book, Sabrina and Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, one of her stories caught my attention, which is really rare since I rarely read books. Remedies was one of my favorite stories , talking about how Clarisa, a 11 year old girl was dealing with lice and how her own mother was finding remedies to remove those lice, but that’s just one of their problems Clarisa and her mom are facing, finds out that Clarisa’s father left them for good leaving her and her mother. As you read furthermore to the story you will find out that the reason for Clarisa’s lice were from her step brother Harrison who was living in a bad home and his mother who was on pills and drank all day never paid attention to Harrison. Clarisa even goes on to explaining how Harrison smelled like pee and that his clothes had holes on them. The same very reason in which Claria’s mom has to take care of Harrison , reason the lice will not leave. One part of the story, Clarisa’s grandmother Estella which she gives a flashback to when she was young and her grandmother was making cookies for Clarisa. As she was eating the cookies , Grandma Estella changed the channel on her TV, Clarisa explains how Grandma Estella likes her TV shows rich and scandalous, as they watch their show her grandma notices Clarisas hair and wants her to grow her hair grow more since it seems to attract more choices for a better Husbands and gives her her remedy for growing her hair and this is part is important at the end. As the story progresses Clarisa is having a hard time at school due to the cause of her having lice, the school had to send her home until she resolves her problem, Clarisas mom had no choice to cut all three of their hair off, but even that didn’t solve anything, until Clarisa had to call her Grandma which in the beginning her mom tells her to never call her Grandma but in this case it was a must. Soon after calling Grandma they meet over to her place to get her remedy to remove lice which I think was the most heartwarming moment. Grandma Estella gave Clarisa her own handwritten and drawn remedy of herbs and plants to anything , headaches , stomachaches, anything which was a very cool thing to do. That's why I chose this story. I really enjoyed it.
