They still wanted to spend the rest of their lives together but that was not possible because of Zeena, for she needed a better girl to take care of her. At the end of the novel, when Mattie is about to leave, she and Ethan went sledding and decided
I wanted to go every place she had ever been”. (Kidd, 14-15) Lily is very connected with her mother even though she is no longer living. Knowing about her mother would help Lily come to peace with the subject of her mother’s death and her own past. However, Rosaleen, Lily’s nanny thinks otherwise. Rosaleen believes that Lily should just leave the topic alone and that she may discover something she just does not want to know.
Melanie wanted to make something of herself, and consciously or subconsciously, closed out the people from her past in an attempt to become part of the “upper class”, which was happening through her future marriage to the mayor’s son. Throughout the movie, she begins to appear to be more comfortable with who she is as a person, as well as where she is from. She in turn, becomes more of an open system to the people in her life. After realizing that she can still have aspirations as a designer while staying true to her heart, she becomes open to whom she is as a person, as well as her role as a daughter and wife (Tennant,
She wants her family to step into the future and be a part of the world as it is. As she leaves home, she tells Maggie that, “It’s really a new day for us. But from the way you and mama still live you’d never know it” (Walker 8). Mom and Maggie don’t want to be changed by the outside culture that Dee embraces. They are confused and intimidated by her new image as “Wangero”.
Cassie has been trying to locate her, but had no luck. She also goes around with a lot of men; she really puts herself out there in the wrong ways. Aunt Cassie faces a huge challenge, when she is trying to let go of her past, let go MIA (her daughter), to move on. She tried to find MIA but didn’t succeed, so she finally just let her go. She did it for herself, not only because it is good for her well-being, might she have another baby on the way (as hints were thrown in the book).
I believe Lily was in fact very thankful to finally hear what truly happened from her father, but she also makes it very clear that no matter how bad she deserved to know she didn’t really want to hear that she in fact accidently killed her own mother. “You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your to mind.” (Kidd 308). Lily is faced with a burden inexplicable to your average young child, which leads to her running away and luckily finding the home that she always needed after the loss of her mom. Growing through such a tragedy and still somehow recovering from it shows how much Lily matures throughout her few years portrayed in Sue Monk Kidd’s infamous
Sometimes I would forget I was even running, because I would think about them so much. Later, I ended running just for them, for my mom. I remember when she told me she was not the best runner, but she had motivation and dedication. For that reason she became one of them. I know that if she could do, then I can do it as well.
She could have chosen a more in demand major, or she could be the driven college student she once was and have the motivation to pursue her dream. Her dream of holding a high end job and getting back what she put in to earning that
Then I mean she basically threw her life away for nothing and she could have put it to good use by starting a relationship with clay and getting him to help her with her grades and get them back up so that her parents would have been proud of her and maybe they would have gotten along better and not so mean to one another all the time. I also thinks if she could have changed, then maybe her parents would have did more things with her and been there for her. Then the outcome of her life would have totally changed because I basically just told you the answer to all of her problems she was going through and how she could have fixed them. Then so maybe if she wouldn’t have done what she had done she would have realized real quick that all of these events added up did not come no where near to what her life
Also I assume the private school is not in Oakland because I researched this so it must be in Piedmont which will cost a whole lot more $$$ because she does not live in Piedmont and assuming she could drive her self there). Her last semester will focus on finishing her academic goals and applying to colleges she might want to attend. Assuming her gpa stays the same may colleges are interested in her and will be willing to give her a full ride. In graduation day daddy will arrange a limo to escort her to her graduation ceremony and prom. Now after graduation she will go out like any regular 17 year old female and have fun.