Chattahoochee River
Friday, March 20, 2015
Breaking Night (CH 7-9)
We've seen Liz's relationships with people change throughout the book and, for me, the hardest one to observe is her relationship with her mother. In this section, Liz finally goes to the hospital to visit her dying mother and I found this scene to be particularly heartbreaking. For her entire life Liz has tried to do everything in her power to capture her mother's attention, and her mother has become so sick that she can't even slightly focus on Liz (who is sitting right beside her). I think it's extremely sad that Liz never really had the attention she deserved from her mother, and even more so that instead of finally having some closure before her mother's death she is only filled with such intense sadness, fear, and disappointment that there will never be that closure between them. I think that Liz uses her experiences with her mother to guide some of her other relationships -- she now knows that no matter how hard she tries and no matter how much it pains her, some people will always be who they are and continuously do destructive things. This lesson that she's learned is what's given her the strength to leave Brick's house and be able to confront Carlos through the letter after she discovers he is using drugs.
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I also agree that reading about their relationship completely fade away was probably the worst part to read. For most of Liz's life she spent it trying to get the affection from her mom. But in the end it was Liz that distanced herself from her mother. Liz had made the decision to leave and every time Lisa tried to talk to Liz and convince her to come visit her mother, Liz refused to go see her. Liz knew that her mother had limited amount of time left to live, which scared her.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Celina, and this can be a lesson that serves to us seniors that all go our own ways. We can't afford to separate ourselves from close ones or friends because who knows what will happen when we all leave. Perhaps there won't be another chance to talk to them. - Loren
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Celina, and this can be a lesson that serves to us seniors that all go our own ways. We can't afford to separate ourselves from close ones or friends because who knows what will happen when we all leave. Perhaps there won't be another chance to talk to them. - Loren
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