i Wore The Ocean In The Shape Of a Girl

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I Wore The Ocean In The Shape Of A Girl Authors normally don't pick a title out of no where. The title of book usually has a symbolic meaning behind it, that may be obvious or is very subtle in the novel that only the author may understand. Kelle Groom has a certain way about herself that in many ways she can relate to the title of her novel, I Wore The Ocean In The Shape Of A Girl. The ocean can be described in many opposite ways. Some believe the ocean to always be very calm, with a careless feeling that can sooth the mind, and be a symbol of freedom. Others see the ocean as terrifying. The ocean can swallow a person whole, and never to be found again. It can take away someone's life with the blink of an eye, just like that, something seen as so calm to others can be someone elses biggest fear. The ocean is endless for miles filled with all kinds of creatures and dark, lingering areas. In many ways, these two opposites of the ocean describe Kelle Groom as she matures into growing to who she is now today. Kelle has a hard time coping with the loss of her son, "Maybe my body, my dream, my traveling soul doesn't know the difference between my son and me," (26). Her feelings about her son carry her like the ocean, undecided and unknowning about where they'll lead her. Her emotions are like the ocean in a terrible storm, lost at sea. But Kelle was a woman, still in progress. "My mother drove me to Boston and bought me a beautiful blue dress that touched the floor, spilling out in waves; I wore the ocean in the shape of a girl. When I walked alone own the church aisle, my dress carried me. It was like coming home to the ocean after those months in the desert," (79). It wasn't hard for Kelle to feel beautiful. It took something as simple as a blue dress on the day of her uncles wedding to feel like the calm, soothing waves of the ocean instead of a rocky storm.

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