Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Blog 6 pages 359-401

During this last section of The Memory Keeper's Daughter, all the events come together and all of the mysteries are solved leaving the reader feeling satisfied. Norah goes over to David's house to collect any of his belongings she wishes to keep because he sadly passed away. While looking through things he finds his photography of random women and children and she gets very upset causing her to bring them outside and burn them. While this occurs Caroline comes over to David's house and welcome's for Norah to be able to meet Phoebe so they can connect after all their years apart. As far as Paul's world go, him and Michelle are martial issues concerning having child though both of their careers are just taking off. He leaves her and goes to visit her mom and help her clean out her dads stuff. It's here that they decide to visit Caroline and meet Phoebe for the first time. In this section of the book one of the most significant quotes is, "Phoebe took hold of Caroline's hand. "This is my mother," she said" (page 387). The reason why this quote is significant is because even in the presence of her real mom Norah, Phoebe's mom that has helped her grow and become who she is today is Caroline. This deeply affects Norah and it makes her question David's decision to give her up in the beginning leading to many questions that will never be solved as a result of David's death. 

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