Uncle is a very attention grabbing story that tackles the issues of sexuality in children. In what may perhaps be a very relate able way in which we all as children grew up with a sense of curiosity about our bodies. Jake is unsure about his penis and it is an item of much mystery and to him a foreign object which he cannot predict or understand.
His shame is also interesting, the scene when he developed an erection and the terror he felt, shows his ignorance. Jake’s lack of knowledge is a very relatable to many of us because although now a days it is strongly encouraged that parents talk to their children about such thing it is still a very difficult topic to discuss and most parent choose to put of this sort of talk for later day that may perhaps never come. And what end up happening is what happened to Jake we learn about sexuality from unreliable sources such as siblings who are just as ignorant or classmates who are just attracted to the vulgarity of it. We then grow up with a much distorted image of sexuality. And unfortunately this cycle of discomfort with the topic of sexuality is carried on to our children.
-jorge aguayo
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