journal #19

encumbered: When I was reading my sociology text book I came across the word encumbered that I was unfamiliar with. When I read the text I thought it meant a feeling of pain or distress. What it really meant was restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult. It relates to the book by woman being in pain carrying a child when they are pregnant. It relates to life by having feeling of something that we can not control at times.