Comments:
- Lily keeps thinking about her mother uncontrollably, everything and everyone seems to remind her of her mother.
- Zach and his friends were all arrested for something he did not do.
- They try not to tell May about the incident with Zach in jail, but she soon find out and commits suicide.
- Lily learned that June did know her mother.
- June and Neil are now engaged, since May wanted her to live her life to the "fullest"( from the letter she left them before her death.)
Questions:
- When Zach got arrested it was manly because they were dark skinned kids not because the police thought they were not telling the truth?
- Does the suicide of May relate back to her sister's suicidal incident as well?
- Was it a twin thing, too much pain may have led them to giving up?
- Did June finally say yes to Neil manly because of the lost of her sister?
Literary terms:
- "One of them waved his hand in front of his face like hed bitten into a Mexican pepper."(pg 179)- Simile
- ".. pulled May's head to her breast and it almost seemed like she wanted May to listen now for her heart."(pg 193)- Symbolism
- "Souls flying away"(pg 213)- Metaphor
Words:
- celo(pg200)-NOT FOUND
- totem(pg209)- natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group
Summary Sentence:
- May ends up dying because of suicide which connects back to her sisters death. Also throughout these pages Lily kept thinking about her mother and grew into this family, that she does not plan on leaving anytime soon.
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