Fitness Quotes

Help me analyze some quotes?

Ok so for school we had to pick quotes from our independent reading and interpret them. I have most of them done but still need a help on a few. My book is called Dream Journal. Its about this teenage girl who's mom is dying of cancer. Here are the quotes and what I have written so far: “You’re getting better, aren’t you? I knew you were this morning and now I really know it. You’re getting better, you’ll always be here” (page 192)In this quote I think that Livy is simply trying to trick herself into thinking that her mom will live forever when in all actuality during this part of the book it had become apparent that she would die at any moment now. Livy, facing denial, shows that she is still in the first stage of grief. In the back of her mind she might know that her mom is close to dying but she is trying to trick herself out of knowing it. All together there are five stages of grief with acceptance being the final stage. I think that by the end of the book, as hard as it is, Livy would have reached acceptance or at least come close to it. “Mom lies there all the time, growing smaller” (page 2)This quote can be seen as both figurative and literal. As Livy’s mom is becoming more and more sick she is quite literally becoming smaller. The cancer is “eating” away at her body and the lack of proper nutrition, is causing her to wither away. She rapidly looses weight and becomes more and more frail with each passing day. Figuratively, her mom is losing her place in the house. She is longer the strong authority figure that she once was. Her psyche is also growing smaller. Since she was once an independent and strong woman, not being able to help herself is a very hard reality to accept. She does not like having to be waited on hand and foot. This makes her morale weaker because she knows that she is not the person that she once was nor will she ever be again. "I couldn't imagine what type of birthday present he was going to find for me at the grocery store. A pair of socks? A t-shirt?I still can't imagine but whatever it is I'll find out soon. He's up stairs wrapping it right now-his first time wrapping a present for me, I bet. He's already spilled out a kitchen drawer searching for tape. I'm thinking: wrinkled paper, snarled ribbon, no card at all. but I guess I should have a little faith in him. Earlier, when he help up my birthday cake and the candles illuminated his face, he reminded me of a broken angel." So i dont have anything for his quote yet....I'm not sure if there are jsut certain parts of it that I should use or what. I'm not really sure that I would write about..it just seemed workable.... let me know if you have any ideas!! Thanks so much!! :)

Public Comments

1. Broken angel: someone there to help, but ill-equipped for the job-out of his element-trying to do what was normally done by the "angel"-dead or dying mother?
2. “You’re getting better, aren’t you? I knew you were this morning and now I really know it. You’re getting better, you’ll always be here" i think that what you have written is right but i think you should expand on why Livy is in denial. Is it because she will be scared what life will be like when her mum is gone, or is she scared of how it will effect her? "I couldn't imagine what type of birthday present he was going to find for me at the grocery store. A pair of socks? A t-shirt?I still can't imagine but whatever it is I'll find out soon. He's up stairs wrapping it right now-his first time wrapping a present for me, I bet. He's already spilled out a kitchen drawer searching for tape. I'm thinking: wrinkled paper, snarled ribbon, no card at all. but I guess I should have a little faith in him. Earlier, when he help up my birthday cake and the candles illuminated his face, he reminded me of a broken angel." - I think (im not sure) that this quote is showing that the man whoever he is, wishes that he could be a better father, or brother to this character and its showing that by explaining that he is willing to do what little he can to help this character grow up and mature.