Val does not really spend much time describing herself however it is quite easy to evaluate the fact that she is uptight based on the fact that a lot of her brother’s life events seemed to annoy her greatly. After the event with her mother in the hospital, she realizes that she really is not much …show more content…
Cameron is seen as a liar, “…he spent the whole day sitting in the movie houses…because Mother and all of us believed that he was working…,” thief, “…a letter came. A request of funds. …but he didn’t send back the money.” In addition, he also was inconsiderate and irresponsible “He got on the phone and phoned me.” So far we can tell why Val has such opposition towards her brother although that he has never done anything to her in specific. Furthermore, we can see a dysfunction at the end of the story. Val has an epiphany moment at the end of the story, in which she realizes the fact that it was in her interest that something very bad happened to their mother just so that she can finally blame something on