I found that Neon Scars was a very symbolic essay. Wendy Rose write this in a very metaphorical style that captivated my interest and put her story in a different perspective. Rose shows her pain in growing up in a family where she did not fit in and was not accepted due to something she could not help. She was shunned not because of the person she was, but because of her skin color. Rose talks about having invisible bruises because of being raised this way and treated like an outcast in her own family.
I think that Neon Scars was a very appropriate title for this story due to the emotional scars she had suffered. All Rose wanted was respect and for someone to understand the pain she had endured. I found it ironic that her family rejected her due to something she had inherited from them. All she wanted was a family but she slowly had to accept that she was alone and rejected from everything human. Rose having "neon scars" is metaphorical to me because she had been scarred because of her childhood, yet she was different and treated unfairly and wanted everyone to see that. She wanted people to look up to her because she was a survivor of an unfair circumstance. She wanted to be respected for surviving through all of her grief.
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