My paper, “Justice for the Mother,” was an essay that centered around one of the main characters in the novel Montana 1948, written by Larry Watson. In my essay, I started with my thesis statement and a brief introduction of the book.

For me, one of the novel’s most intriguing perspectives was the portrayal of David’s mother, Gail. She is not only a unique character in the story who fights for justice without hesitation, but also she has a drastic change in her beliefs—from “justice fighter” to her role as a mother. Throughout the process of writing this paper, I found myself really like the character I was writing about because I found so many similarities between the character Gail and myself. Thinking from the position of Gail, I could easily understand why Gail made all the choices, and I certainly believed I would act the same way given a similar situation.

However, writing this essay was not easy for me. I experienced a lot of problems when I first began this paper. One of the main issues I had was the structure of the essay. I was not sure about how much I should write on each section of my essay, and whether I should focus more on the summary of the novel. I asked both my professor and the tutor in the writing center, and they helped me greatly. Another problem I had to face was the conclusion. I did not know how to end the essay, but luckily my professor gave me a lot of advice.

I am really glad that I got the chance to write an essay about such an interesting character and a wonderful novel. However, writing this essay was definitely not an easy task. I had to overcome a lot of difficulties but with the help from my professor and the tutors in the writing center, I was able to produce this well-rounded essay.

DANYANG LI is a sophomore majoring in Business Administration and Management in the school of management (SMG). She is from the great city of Hangzhou, China. And she would like to partially dedicate the publication of this paper to her wonderful first-semester writing professor Maria Zlateva. Professor Zlateva was extremely helpful to her and helped greatly with her grammatical weaknesses.