The Ideals Behind Cognitive Dissonance Allowed - 2415 Words

MATERNAL CATACLYSM 2 When determining a course of action regarding the topic of my choosing for this paper, the ideals behind cognitive dissonance allowed for me to put to paper for the very first time, a topic that I believe fulfills the requirements of the assignment, and one that bears great presence in my life. As some may have gathered throughout our tenure in this course, I am mother to my nine beautiful children. Though I despise the formalities attached to assignment of titles, attention must be paid toward the fact that I have two stepsons, Dominick Zachary – ages seven and six. I have always harbored an oppositional stance toward the idea of referring to them, or parenting them in a fashion as though they are†¦show more content†¦How is one to surmise the entire circumference of a conflict that has entertained more theaters of battle than most of World War II, and witnessed behaviors so utterly absent of maternal instinct into one paper? It hardly seems possible. MATERNAL CATACLYSM 3 My children s biological mother is a wearer of many hats. Perhaps her most famously noted hat, is the one she wears while perpetuating herself to be a devout and devoted follower of the Mormon religion. I have never in my life actually bore witness to a person trying to play the part of the scripture toting, bible thumping do-gooder, as I have since this woman has bestowed her duplicitous presence in my life. She tries to play it so hard, and so well for all of the right characters. The lion s share of those characters remain existential in the form of lawyers and law guardians, judges and the court of public opinion. To her credit though, she was in fact raised within the thralls of her religion, by her foster parents from the age of seven. Though we do not subscribe to the teachings her religion (as we are Roman Catholic), I have ascertained a great understanding as to the teachings perpetuated by her religion. It is through that understanding, that I have drawn upon the striking conclusion that her character, her