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How Does Jude Relationship Change

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the forest holding hands and Noah's dad is watching them do this. The use imagery suggests that the couple is happy, and further develops the idea of a positive outcome has occurred after a change in the relationship. When taking everything into account this is an unsteady relationship, that is progressing over time and does have its set back, however, it is an overall a positive force of change.
Finally, Jude and her mother's relationship changes throughout the book. They grow farther apart, however, the relationship changes for the better when Jude finds out the truth about her mother. Jude and her mother start to grow farther apart. "All I wanted was for her to see me, to really see me," she says. "Not to forget me at the museum, like I didn't exist…." (95) This acknowledgment of their …show more content…

Jude feels like she is not seen or appreciated by her mother, she literally forgets about her and doesn’t pay attention to what she does. This quotes calls-out the negative change that has occurred, Noah and his mother have been getting closer throughout the years, however, Jude feels like she is drifting away from her mother. This negative force of change has caused their relationship to fade. Ultimately, taking a turn for the worse when Jude loses her virginity to a boy on the same day of her mother's death, she blames herself for this coincidence. “To me, boys don't smell like soap or shampoo or cut grass or sweat from soccer practice or suntan lotion or the ocean from hours spent in the green curl of a wave anymore, they smell like death.” (190) Jude begins to resent her mother and thinks that the supernatural things that happen to her might be her mother’s spirit angry for causing her death by having sex. Since her mother is dead and can’t explain her real feelings they get pushed farther apart. For this reason, this relationship changes for the better went Jude learns the truth about her mother.

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