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Lily Metaphors

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In this story, Lily starts her journey by experiencing the first stage of a monomyth, pre-separation. Within the first few pages, Lily has a flashback of the most traumatic memory she has... killing her mother. The guilt from this memory haunts Lily throughout her life and is the primary reason of her unhappiness. This is the pre-separation stage because Lily is extremely miserable with her life and is unaware of what is holding her back. She currently lives with her father T-Ray, who only adds to her depression. Although Lily is his daughter, he does not treat her with any kindness or respect. This is shown through his abusive ideas of disciplining Lily both emotionally and physically. Kneeling on grits is one of the many cruel ways T-Ray

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