The Walls moved away from Little Rock to get away from the destruction that happened to Carlotta and her family. The author says, “no sooner had I closed my eyes, it seemed, than I was shaken by a thunderous boom” (174). The “boom” was a bomb that was placed on Carlotta’s house there was physical and mental hurt throughout the family.. There was also many horrifying things that happened to Carlotta at school. The author states, “the saw a daughter who someday who would have nothing but horrid high school memories, a daughter who would have missed out on some sentimental milestones of growing up, like the prom” (200) There was mental pain with Carlotta’s parents was horrible knowing that Carlotta missed out on many fun high school experiences.
