In Class: Visual Analysis Free Write- Candy Cigarette

My attention is immediately drawn to the little girl, looking at the camera, hunched over, holding a cigarette. I guess it's because I know that girls her age should not be acting that way or taking things like that seriously. She shouldn't think that holding a cigarette is cool or normal but, unfotunately, this is probably what she sees everyday in her life at home, on the streets, or in stores. I really also don't liek the fact that she knows how to hold a cigarette. Why and How does she know?
Why isn't this little girl being supervised and where in the world did she get that candy cigarette?
The image as a whole is really ahrd to explain because I can't really see much in this picture. All I can see is her because of what she's wearing. This is a dark picture and she's wearing a white dress, and she has a bright face but the rest of her seems dark and unclear, like the rest of the picture. I also would like to mention that the girl standing next her seems younger, has her hair up nice and pretty instead of the other girls where it's hanging in her face. The other little girl is also turned around and not looking at the camera. I'm wondering why that is because usually when someone that you are talking to is staring at something, you naturally turn around to see what has grabbed their attention. The picture is also cut off at the waist and is very blurry in the back.
When I see this emotion, I feel depressed. Depressed because of the coloring ( black, grey and white ) and the facial expression on the little girls face. She just doesn't seem happy at all.
This picture is obviously centering in on one big problem here. That problem is that there is a little girl pretending to be holding a real cigarette. That is, pretty much, the center of the attention.
I believe the purpose of this image is that we should really be aware of what we act and what we do around our children. Our children soak up everything we do and try to renact what we do because they want to be like us. Our children want to be more like us in a way that some willa ctually start acting like us. When I see this picture, I think of the little gils parents as possibly depressed chain-smokers. But we don't want to go up to her and tell her to take the candy cigarette out of her hand because we aren't her parents. Why should she listen to us? She might not have gotten this idea from her parents but possibly her grandparents or cousins...anyone! I just think she's holding the candy cigarette because she sees it so much in her life that she thinks that since everyone else is smoking and holding the thin white cylinder, than she should too or else she would be seen as different, and that is NOT what any little girl wants. She wants to be accepted.