Freeman teaches Melinda that she can use art to express and understand her suffering. Melinda’s father asks her to take care of an oak tree and to prune it because this will allow the tree to grow and develop into the strongest tree in the block. Melinda does not want to prune the tree as she fears that it might not develop and die like she is dying due her personal suffering. Melinda was raped and she had not found the courage to speak to anyone about it until one day she decided to confide in her friend Rachel. She was in a devastated position and the oak tree reminded her of the rape but while she sits under another tree, she comes to the conclusion that she is no longer completely dead
Freeman teaches Melinda that she can use art to express and understand her suffering. Melinda’s father asks her to take care of an oak tree and to prune it because this will allow the tree to grow and develop into the strongest tree in the block. Melinda does not want to prune the tree as she fears that it might not develop and die like she is dying due her personal suffering. Melinda was raped and she had not found the courage to speak to anyone about it until one day she decided to confide in her friend Rachel. She was in a devastated position and the oak tree reminded her of the rape but while she sits under another tree, she comes to the conclusion that she is no longer completely dead