In this scene Dicey is speaking with her grandmother, who is telling the story of how she has no one to love in her life anymore. I thought that at the end when her grandmother brushes away the cobweb in the corner it shows she is brushing away the memories she once had with her children. A spider takes a very long time to weave her web. She has to be careful, this is her home. Just like memories you have to be careful, memories take a long time to be built. And what happened once will stay with you forever.
A spider web will be destroyed in the wind, rain, or by human. But spiders rebuild them. So they are never without a place to live. Memories may be ignored but the essential ones will never be forgotten. Memories build who we are, with out them we have no experience no knowledge of right from wrong. Life can't be lived properly with out memories. Just like a spider can't live with out its web.
Her grandmother stills loves her children, even when she says she doesn't. If she didn't love them, then she wouldn't be lonely. Because she would know there was no one out there anymore that could make her happy again. But she knows they are still out there and more then anything she wants to see them. Her thoughts may say no, but her gut says yes.
Her grandmother stills loves her children, even when she says she doesn't. If she didn't love them, then she wouldn't be lonely. Because she would know there was no one out there anymore that could make her happy again. But she knows they are still out there and more then anything she wants to see them. Her thoughts may say no, but her gut says yes.
WOW! Thats nice! I love how you used a spider and it's web as an example of memories! I want to get to read this book. I love how you used a text from the book and out it into your story, telling us what you were going to write about! I agree, someone might say they dont love anyone, but deep down you know the love for them will always stay with them forever.
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