room; she was grounded for a couple weeks. Out of anger and exhaustion, Goglu attempts to
express her emotions, but is ignored and unrecognized.
Goglu’s life intersects with Povinelli because she is the substance that is not recognized.
Povinelli explains how people who assemble, shape, and carve this world are the ones who
determine moral conduct (Povinelli 2011:109). Those who shape this world also shape the
standards and moral conducts that will be recognized, if done so in the proper way. In Goglu’s
narrative, she struggles with trying to juggle her mother’s standards and trying to develop her
own. She wants to adhere to her mother’s rules, but she is not happy with her mother’s poor
choices.
As a young child, Goglu realizes her mother is struggling with self-identity as well. The
title, Susceptible is significant because it means