A Summer to Die
Molly and Meg Chalmers are very different. Molly is the type of person who is the popular girl at school, has multiple boyfriends, and is known for her beauty and laughter. She takes pride in the little things in life, just like her mother. On the other side, Meg is a very awkward kind of girl, instead of living in a fantasy world like her sister, she pays attention to the logic of everything, like her father. They believe that if they get excited about the little things, then they will keep the big ones from coming. You could say, they are quite the opposite, but in every group of sisters, there is always a similarity.
Meg’s dad has to take a year off teaching to finish his book, The Dialectic Synthesis of Irony. There is …show more content…
Meg explains that all of those things are not true, but she is not sure that they are married. She quickly reacts and tells him that love is not signified by two rings and a big ceremony. She says, “They love each other. They talk about growing old together, sitting in rocking chairs on their porch, and what it feels like to kiss each other when they have fake teeth.” (110) They later find out that they are, in fact, married but, Maria decided to keep her last name, which …show more content…
Worried that it will be too exhausting, she takes the time to think but gladly accepts it after. Later that day, Meg finds out that Molly will not be returning since her condition has gotten worse.
One alluring morning, Ben calls the Chalmer’s house and tells Meg that the baby is about to be born. She immediately throws some jeans on and goes to the Brady-Abbott home. Ben is very nervous since this is his first time delivering a baby. They opted for a homebirth since they do not like the hospital environment. After a long wait, Happy Williams Brady- Abbott is born. They choose this name because they thought that the baby needed to find his own name, and as soon as he came to the world, he seemed very happy with a smile on his face.
Meg wants to go see Molly at the hospital, she doesn’t feel intimidated by it anymore. She thinks that being able to see the miracle of life happen broke a lot of barriers. When she visits the hospital, Molly is covered in tubes and IVs. She has a tube on her throat to help her breathe, which prevents her from talking. Meg tells Molly about everything that has happened, but after a long time of conversing, Molly goes to sleep. One hot summer afternoon, Molly closed her eyes and drifted off to another
Molly and Meg Chalmers are very different. Molly is the type of person who is the popular girl at school, has multiple boyfriends, and is known for her beauty and laughter. She takes pride in the little things in life, just like her mother. On the other side, Meg is a very awkward kind of girl, instead of living in a fantasy world like her sister, she pays attention to the logic of everything, like her father. They believe that if they get excited about the little things, then they will keep the big ones from coming. You could say, they are quite the opposite, but in every group of sisters, there is always a similarity.
Meg’s dad has to take a year off teaching to finish his book, The Dialectic Synthesis of Irony. There is …show more content…
Meg explains that all of those things are not true, but she is not sure that they are married. She quickly reacts and tells him that love is not signified by two rings and a big ceremony. She says, “They love each other. They talk about growing old together, sitting in rocking chairs on their porch, and what it feels like to kiss each other when they have fake teeth.” (110) They later find out that they are, in fact, married but, Maria decided to keep her last name, which …show more content…
Worried that it will be too exhausting, she takes the time to think but gladly accepts it after. Later that day, Meg finds out that Molly will not be returning since her condition has gotten worse.
One alluring morning, Ben calls the Chalmer’s house and tells Meg that the baby is about to be born. She immediately throws some jeans on and goes to the Brady-Abbott home. Ben is very nervous since this is his first time delivering a baby. They opted for a homebirth since they do not like the hospital environment. After a long wait, Happy Williams Brady- Abbott is born. They choose this name because they thought that the baby needed to find his own name, and as soon as he came to the world, he seemed very happy with a smile on his face.
Meg wants to go see Molly at the hospital, she doesn’t feel intimidated by it anymore. She thinks that being able to see the miracle of life happen broke a lot of barriers. When she visits the hospital, Molly is covered in tubes and IVs. She has a tube on her throat to help her breathe, which prevents her from talking. Meg tells Molly about everything that has happened, but after a long time of conversing, Molly goes to sleep. One hot summer afternoon, Molly closed her eyes and drifted off to another