She had a different out look on life; she was more likely to ask why something was done rather than how something was done aside from everyone else in the environment. It’s obvious she was a major contribution to Montag’s identity crisis after their first conversation. Before departing Clarisse says “Are you happy? ‘Am I what? He cried.’ But she was gone running into the moonlight.
From the beginning of the story when the grandmother reads about the misfit, that sets the tone of what will transpire in the end. The grandmother did not want to go to vacation in Florida and was complaining continuously about it. Maybe if the family would have listened they would still be alive. Irony is also portrayed throughout this story in various sections. An example is when the grandmother was so sure the house she wanted everyone to see was in Georgia, when if fact, later on she experiences the angst, dread and pain of the truth that the house was in
Eveline’s father plays a big part in the story, since it seems like he, and the promise Eveline made to her mother, are the main factors behind Eveline’s thoughts and decisions. The story starts very slow and sad with the author using words like, “invade”, and “dusty”. Once this sad mood is set in the first paragraph, Eveline then begins to think back to her childhood. Through this reminiscing, we learn that her mother is dead, and her father is abusive (through her choice of the word “hunt” when she mentions how he would get them in from playing). Eveline, however, has a chance to escape her current life by leaving with, and marrying a sailor she has met and been secretly dating.
The truth may comfort the person or drive him or her insane. In the Secret Life of Bees Lily desires to know her past in relation to her mother. She knows her mother has been to Tiburon, South Carolina and is curious if her mother has been to Augusts’ house before, “Had my mother been there and bought this picture? I always promised myself one day, when I was old enough, I would take the bus over there. I wanted to go every place she had ever been”.
The house on Mango Street is an example of the limitations placed on Esperanza because her Papa cannot afford to fulfill the dreams he has for his family. Sally also lives on Mango Street with her father and mother. Her father is very abusive to her because “he thinks that [she] will run away like his sisters who made the family ashamed” (Cisneros 92). As he does these things to her, it drives her to want to escape from her father and the restrictions he places upon her. She sees getting married as the only option get away from her father.
Though Dee has moved away and changed everything about herself, she seems to lack the attention from others where she is from. Dee is quick to come home during the civil rights movement and tries to gather photos and items that “embrace her heritage” to show to others. While at the house Dee takes pictures and tries to gather items that she can take back for display. One of these items is a set of quilts her grandmother had hand sewn. These quilts consisted of her family’s heritage through pieces of civil war uniform and some her grandmothers dresses.
Julia’s mother, Lori, also moved in with her mother. After two weeks of living with the grandparents, Lori decided to move back in with Howard, the kids father, and bring along the two youngest children. That is when the Protective Service told Lori that she would lose custody of her kids and that Howard would have to see a therapist. As soon as Lori and the two kids moved back in with Howard, Lori stopped visiting Julia which made lose relationship with both of her parents. Since then Julia was doing poorly in school and her behavior was changing, her grandmother decided to put her in some kind of treatment hoping her parents would join too.
Lily is raised in a tangled web of lies only to discover all the answers by running away from home, not only does this event resolved her and her father’s broken relationship; but she is also given the opportunity to mature around supportive women she needed all along. When she arrives at August’s house and realizes that it holds a connection to her mother, August explains to her that she understands why she came… but that she also thinks she will eventually want to return to her father’s home. “I know you've run away - everybody gets the urge to do that some time - but sooner or later you'll want to go home.” (Kidd 79). When her father finds where she had run off to, he finally provides Lily with the answer and truth she had always wanted to know but never wanted to hear. “The truth is your mother ran off and left you.” (Kidd 276).
However, beneath her facade, Jeanette begins to realize that her father doesn’t have the strength of character to stay sober. By the section’s end some of Jeannette’s naiveté has faded. She matures enough to be able to distinguish between the ‘good’ times and the ‘bad,’ instead of the thrilling adventure her parents try to convince her she is living. She knows all families do not live as hers does. Character: Rose Mary: It is hard to take pity on Rose Mary because at this point in the novel she becomes very self-centered.
She came from a very poor family and she strived to get where she is today. Lately she has begun feeling stressed out and depressed in her life. She feels as if everything is going in the wrong direction. Emily has a husband who verbally, emotionally and physically abuses her. She loves him so much but she is getting sick to the point she feels that life means nothing to her.