Getting used to think of you differently gives ground to make a change. This is what I have come up with after reading the short story Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy by Judy Ruiz. The reality is deceitful for us, and there is no guarantee in our survival tomorrow. However, we are perpetually longing for something new, something that incorporates our desires and gives us a sigh of relief thereafter. Hence, as referred to the story by Judy Ruiz, sex transformation is, supposedly, an optimal way to feel oneself better spiritually through physical change.
At a glance, it is craziness to think of sex transformation positively. Obviously, the narrator doubts of her brother being a "sister" at the moment. She recollects particular reasons for brother's being hell-bent for changing his physical look: "I tell him he needs to deal with the fact that he was physically abused on a daily basis" (DiYanni and Hoy 229). Perhaps, it is about a sort of negative sexual experience in the childhood. On the other hand, I think I have got hold of the right hand of the stick regarding what should be done if an individual feels himself/herself uncomfortable as of sex.
I was thinking of some spiritual background for why people get through the sex transformation. It is a matter of my shock and desire to reduce it somehow. As a girl, I live my life following the idea that I was planned initially by the Highest Power, as a girl. However, my appeals and well-wishing as to a preferable sex were not taken into account. Thus, I start realizing that some issues are not in my capacity. Thereupon, the idea of orange in the essay makes me keep track of the life dynamics and its hidden and somewhat provocative nature. It is not fair that some individuals' wishes were not taken into account by the Almighty.
The narrator ruminates on possible outcomes of changing sex. She really doubts of the positive consequence after the surgery. I feel the same, especially when the narrator reminds the story of her friend's sister who did the operation and played a box, as a result: "I hope for a happier ending. For my brother, for myself, for all of us" (DiYanni and Hoy 231). A sticking point is that we recognize persons by their attributive parameters: sex, eyes, body, hair, etc. We omit taking a glance at the spiritual part of an individual. The inner world of people seems to have no value for the humanity today. It is a struggle for self-esteem, self-realization, and survival on the whole. People lack understanding of the emotional part possessed by a person.
The story tells that the narrator's brother always longed for being her: "He tells me he used to want to be me because I was the only person our father almost loved" (DiYanni and Hoy 231). It is amazing, as I felt once the same attitudes toward my brother, as I was growing up among boys. This is that emotional constituent never resolved by the narrator's brother. However, I figured this problem out by dint of an insightful look at what I had and still having at hand. Nature knows no errors, as I may state insofar. However, a cry from the depths makes me believe that changing sex is the extreme method to release oneself if no other methods are useful.
To conclude, it is likely that I am against changing sex surgically as long as there are some rational ways to understand yourself. By contrast, the story by Judy Ruiz showed me the other side of the coin. The will of a human being is an untouchable "substance" which is in his/her possession. Thereupon, to support those people with a transformed sex, I would likely to join the wish words by the narrator: "The past is ended. Be happy" (DiYanni and Hoy 232). Probably, this is the best way to show them your love and understanding in any way.
