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Most would not suspect that a woman’s most indispensible relationship would not be with her mother or spouse, but with a best friend she met as a child who lives across the ocean. Maeve Binchy’s Light a Penny Candle is centered on the daughters of two close high school friends, Violet and Eileen, who choose extremely diverse paths in life. Violet’s daughter Elizabeth endures a painful life when Violet leaves for another man, dates a lover who will not marry her, and must cope with a marriage lavished with arguments with her husband, Henry Manson. Eileen’s daughter Aisling experiences a childhood full of love due to committed parents, but marries an alcoholic who leaves her a wealthy widow; she then has meaningless relationships with

"I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful husband," she thinks plopping down in her chair. Grabbing Tony's file off the top of her desk, she began looking through it. She wasn't exactly sure what she was looking for, but she had a feeling he had something to do with Tony’s involvement in the missing children's case. She wasn't even sure how her hunch was possible, with him being locked up, but for some unexplained reason his name kept popping up in her head all night long. She'd even dreamt he snatched a girl from the park.

With her husband's outrages and seclusion, she did her best by taken care of the situation with care and calmness, especially in front of her children. Surely, when alone, she would breakdown from the pressure, sadness and changes. A family that would once take walks together on Sundays now had to deal with the father's outrages and drinking problems. Ben, the narrator, was only eight years old at the time and even his young fragile mind noticed that his life would forever be different.

As the main character in the novel, Antoinette faces threats both internal and external during her childhood. Firstly, Antoinette’s mother shows signs of madness and melancholy in her daughter's childhood. Moreover, her mother shows partiality for her littler disabled brother and didn’t like her even she was fed up with her. “Once I touched her forehead trying to smooth it. But she pushed me away…as if she had decided once and for all that I was useless to her.”(5) Thus, Annette’s illness condition has deep influences on Antoinette, which becomes the most threat from internal household.

Her message begins with the common desire every person has: to be remembered. What is most peculiar is the ambiguity she portrays right at the very beginning. The audience does not

the very dull reality of her present life. She is poor; her husband abandoned the family, her son

From her mother’s vigorous search for husbands suitable enough for her daughters, Rosa realizes that her mother values her daughters having a husband. As a result, Rosa does what she thinks her mother would have wanted which was for her to get married. A mother is often the first person to teach a daughter about love, as motherly love is a natural part of motherhood. As an infant, Rosa never felt the maternal love that her sisters felt and she clings to Cedric as he is the only one that has outwardly demonstrated anything remotely to physical love to Rosa. The warm embraces a mother shares with her child is one that Rosa often fails to remember as they never happened as often as she wanted.

As previously noted, for the reader to develop a full understanding and analysis of the conflicts between the mothers and the daughters, it is essential to know the mother’s past. This is because it allows the reader to connect with the characters on a personal level, as well as all the readers to do an evaluation of the characters to comprehend the story. Though Tan did deviate from the conventions of a novel, she ultimately provided a well-informed novel, providing all necessities that were required.

She had made mistakes parenting her first child, Emily. She carries many worries for Emily. She also carries many regrets on how she parented

Another important text that influenced Lily’s and her daughter Rosemary’s life was their relationship among one another. Lily, who wanted nothing but, the best for her children, decided to send them to boarding where Rosemary’s grades were poorly and her behaviors were disruptive to her teachers and classmates. Even, though Lily as a mother, had high expectations for her children by sending them to boarding school, her relationship with her daughter were not so great. The readers are able to view how Lily and Rosemary viewed things differently in life in this case, Rosemary wants to become an artist while, her mother instances her to become a model by taking a modeling class. Lily wants to give her kids the opportunities she never had as she

She is continuously protective of her children and is motivated only by their safety and wellbeing. In 4.1, she stands outside the tower and laments the loss of her sons. It is clear in this scene that her strongest motivation is her children. This is an important distinction from most of the other characters in the play, particularly Richard, who has no problem with murdering his young nephews if it serves

Vianne’s childhood and her bohemian mother has affected her greatly and created her fears of the black man and settling down. The flashbacks foreshadow and show her mother’s death and give a glimpse off the struggles she faced due to being a child of a single mother who travelled around. Seeing the struggles makes the audience sympathise with Vianne as they have seen what she has lived through and the lifestyle’s effect on her attitudes and behaviour. They also provide background for her dislike towards the church due to her experience with condescending church members. This parallels the response to Vianne raising Anouk alone that makes the reader further sympathetic as she is experiencing what her mother went through.

Living a dependent life, causes one to desire freedom by acting out. Polly, a young overly dependent girl lives at a boarding house which her mother owns. The reason why Polly is so dependent is because her mother is controlling. Polly is paralyzed in her dependent life with her mother. Polly has an epiphany that she wants to break away from her mother so she has an affair with a man named Mr. Doran. Her mother sees this epiphany saying, "Polly began to grow a little strange in her manner" (Joyce 68). The mother finds out about the affair and forces Mr. Doran to marry Polly. The mother and Polly have a cultural conflict with each other because neither can live with the other for much longer; this causes Polly's delinquency (Margadonna). While

This contrast digs deeper than the mother and father’s ties, however. We see evidence of this conflict in how her features are “as plain as any”, further hammering in the message of her genetic predisposition to grow up un-unique as well as connecting her to her father, as both have common features. But in comparison, she is shown as being “fond of boys’ play” and partaking in “heroic enjoyments”, tasks that are learned and possess greater

She tried to balance her work and keeping Elizabeth, but it was tough ad she was very insecure with any babysitter/nanny she left Elizabeth with. She was a nervous wreck and found it very hard to leave Elizabeth for long periods now.