Marilyn’s life decisions has became a reflection of her own life’s tragedy. In the novel “Everything I Never Told you” by Celeste Ng, Marilyn the mother of Lydia attends Harvard college studying medicine to pursue her career as a doctor. She then meets James at Harvard when he was a young graduate student teaching a course Marilyn took. Their love affair blossomed more than ever. Marilyn then drops out of Harvard College to start a Family with James the love of her life. Marilyn decides to leaves her dreams of becoming a future doctor behind only hoping to live that dream through her daughter Lydia (Ng Pg.31-45). Marilyn have failed in many ways as a parent to her children, instead of supporting Lydia on making her own decisions,
