Pique's Ability To Learn About Her Past

She fears for the lives of her children and worries that harm will come to them. This also represents an aspect of the parent-child relationship. No matter how old children get, their parents still worry about the things they do and the choices they

to let curiosity get to the best of her, it was her fault because she

herself to not have to ‘suffer’ her mother’s fate. She almost seems to be developing anxiety and

do, and what could she know? Up to this point her life had been relatively

Vanessa also realizes that trying to gain more knowledge and understanding about the Native culture through Piquette won’t get her anywhere because Piquette is as clueless as her. She accepts that her understanding towards the tradition is not going anywhere further than what the white society views it. However, Vanessa acknowledges the effects the white society has done to the Tonnerres’ family and the Natives. Piquette had the mindset of an adult while growing up due to the struggles her family has undergone. “’The mother’s not there,’ my father replied. ‘She took off a few years back. Can’t say I blame her. Piquette cooks for them, and she says Lazarus would never do anything for himself as long as she’s there” (Laurence

One can conclude that due to Papa strictness she had a restricted life where she

maria sanchez was only six people tried to hit her with sticks hateful words at her were thrown hate to all with her skin tone she went to school on her own the kids all left she was alone she wants to learn everything in life but she goes to school with strife maria was brave and learned at school with one teacher who was cool her teacher smiles but maria sees her fear and uncertainty maria does her best to stand tall and not let her fear make her fall ignoring hate coming from the crowd maria makes her country

Pilar through the book shows she is uncommitted to her family, and it can be assumed that she doesn't like her mother Lourdes and tolerates her father. Pilar even tries to leave her town in Brooklyn, New York “I’m going back to Cuba. I’m fed up with everything around here.” (25) says Pilar. You learn that Pilar is against working in her mother's bakery, that she’s “Slaving away” (25) in there. Pilar can be seen as relatable with not wanting to work under her mother's job but rather learn to paint and do something more inspiring to herself.

With all these being said, it’s most likely that Rose Mary carries manic depression since she potentially has something wrong with her ways of thinking and behaving.

Pilar?s ability to communicate with her grandmother is another example of the supernatural forces the run beneath the surface of this novel. Throughout the book Celia speaks of her ability to communicate with Pilar. ?She speaks to her granddaughter, imagines her words as slivers of light piercing the murky night? (7). Celia uses this form of communication not only as a way to learn more about Pilar and her life in the United States but as an intimate tool to share the del Pino family history. Pilar also acknowledges the power of this form of contact ?Abuela Celia and I write to each other sometimes, but mostly I hear her speaking to me at night just before I fall asleep. She tells me stories about her life?she tells me she loves me? (29).

Isolation plays a significant role in Pi's story, and both Martel and Lee have their differences in conveying this theme. Martel does not write Pi's journey in chronological order. Despite this, the author manages to effectively express the protagonist's emotions to the audience. Throughout the first chapter, the reader learns about Pondicherry Zoo, which was ran by his father and was considered his home. Martel makes Pi describe his life at the zoo, stating that "it was a paradise on earth. I have nothing but the fondest memories growing up in a zoo. I had the life of a prince," (page 14). Martel writes is past tense here, thus indicating to the reader that Pi no longer has a life at the zoo. This is soon confirmed a couple of pages later, with Pi stating that "the Pondicherry Zoo doesn't exist anymore. It's pits are filled in, the cages torn down. I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory," (page 19).

Pilate introduces a quality of "enchantment" into the novel. The circumstances of her birth make her a character of supernatural proportions. She delivered herself at birth and was born without a navel. Her smooth stomach isolates her from society. Moreover, her physical condition symbolizes her lack of dependence on others. Her self-sufficiency and isolation prevent her from being trapped or destroyed by the extremely decaying values that threaten her brother's life.

At an early age Vanessa’s naivety of Piquettes ethnicity prohibits her from seeing Piquettes struggle with her sense of lacking belonging. This causes the two characters to clash throughout the story in regards to Vanessa's false interpretation of Piquettes identity. Throughout the story Vanessa tends to

Pauline eventually meets Cholly, who is Pecola’s biological father, and they fall in love. "He seemed to relish her company and even to enjoy her country ways and lack of knowledge about city things. He talked with her about her foot and asked, when they walked through the town or in the fields, if she were tired. Instead of ignoring her infirmity, pretending it was not there, he made it seem like something special and endearing. For the first time Pauline felt that her bad foot was an asset. And he did touch her, firmly but gently, just as she had dreamed. But minus the gloom of setting suns and lonely river banks. She was secure and grateful; he was kind and lively. She had not known there was so much laughter in the world." (Morrison, p. 115)

First of all, I stared with personal questions, because I want to have basic information about her way or thinking, and then go deeply on other parts of questions. My questions were all about people around her and her opinion about them. I noticed the closest person in her life is her mother. She is the only