Where I currently am in the book, the perspective that is most noticeable are the characters Day, Henrietta’s widow, and Deborah, Henrietta’s daughter. The author portrays that Day is uncaring nor concerned with his children’s well-being when it comes to his new girlfriend. I want to believe that he was so grief-stricken that he wasn’t being rational. It almost seems that reality has slipped away from him. The argument that he is still a father is even questionable.
Deborahs conversation with her cousin shows the readers how determined Deborah was. This little girl just lost her mother, her father is no longer around to protect her, her father’s evil girlfriend is abusive, and yet it is arguable to say that those reasons are what actually pushed her. Day explained to her about her sister’s death and yet never talking to her earlier proves that he is no longer the father he used to be.
rhetoricpirate said:
You’ve offered an interesting alternative perspective to Day’s reactions to his wife’s illness. Reading a text critically should always inspire us to pose new questions or “push” the text, challenge it. That can often lead us to new ways to approach the argument or use the text to support our points. Good post.