How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"But then, once I did the heart-in-hand stuff, I got interested in how things moving made a piece look different, and how that changes the subject." (11.95)
Wes's artwork is full of transformation. Can we project that transformation onto Wes as a character? Or are we reading a little too much into it…?
Quote #8
Get changed, she said, which was ironic, because all I'd wanted to tell her was that I already had. (16.74)
Clothes seem to mean a lot to Macy and her mom, as far as identity goes. Maybe it's because they're an outward sign that everything's fine. If you can dress the part, you can be the part.
Quote #9
"And then, this summer, she finally finds some friends and something she likes to do. But then one tiny slipup, and you take it all away from her."
"That has nothing to do with what we're talking about," my mother said.
"It has everything to do with it," Caroline shot back. "She was finally getting over what happened. Couldn't you see the change in her? I could, and I was barely here. She was different." (18.72-74)
Macy's transformation was cut short for a while by her mom. Was Deborah justified in her actions? Is it possible that she saw Macy changing and didn't want to be left behind in the not-over-it dust?