Where The Heart Is

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Personality rules over Image in Where the Heart Is. The novel “where the heart is”, by Billie Lettes. Is a story about a young seventeen year old girl named Novalee Nation, who is pregnant. She gets deserted at Wal-mart by her dirty, poor, scruffy boyfriend Willy Jack. Then she has to restart her life in Oklahoma. She finds Sister Husband, an older woman with blue hair, (Appositive Phrase) that teaches others about the bible. After she meets Sister she runs into a young ten year old Indian boy named Benny Goodluck. Then there is the librarian, a nice, clean, intelligent man named Forney. Novalee later in the novel has a beautiful baby named Americus. Eventually she falls in love, becomes a famous photographer and starts a wonderful life with her and her baby. This novel suggests that stereotypes are made by image and broken by personality. First, the author uses setting to show stereotypes are made by image and broken by personality. First of all, Novalee is living in Wal-mart, an odd place to live. But as she continues to stay there it occurs to her that even though it’s not a real place to live, it is her first and only home. In the beginning of this novel Novalee is in the car talking to Willy Jack, in the Wal-mart parking lot. “I need some money to buy some house shoes. (Infinitive Phrase) Five dollars will be enough.” (13) There at Wal-mart and that’s were Novalee ends up living. Wal-mart is stereotypical because of its cheap prices there and so people that don’t have a lot of money shop there. Secondly, the library is stereotypical because that’s usually were the people who want to learn go. But it became her home and she started reading a lot and her knowledge expanded in very little time. Earlier on in the book, Novalee is talking to Forney in the library (Prepositional Phrase) during the night time. Where the candles glowed on thick marble and polished

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