In the course of the story, Codi's role in the community marks a noticeable change. The community can be as small as her family, and be as big as the city Grace. However, She appears distant and isolated to both community at the beginning of the book. Such characteristics are drawn from her reference to father as Doc Homer, and her habit of fabricating stories of the past, etc. As the course of the story advances, she starts to make a change in her mindset, embracing the past and her family history, joins with her old friends making a piñatas sale. By the end of the book, Codi evolves into a mature woman who can take the responsibility of the family and the community. Eventually, she finds her sense of belonging. Within her revisit at Grace,
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However, when she inevitably pushed to interacts with people and actively played a role in serving the community, she gains confidence and love. During the pinatas sale, she receives tremendous recognition by old friends. Between the lines, she joyfully calls at each other "Emelina, and I held the fort."(Kingsolver, 193). "Emelina and I looked at each other."(Kingsolver, 193). These repetitive phrases, "Emelina and I," reflects Codi's delight at working with a close friend. By making the effort to save the community, she finds the sense of belonging. "[Looking] at each other," and "[holding] the fort," Codi uses these physical interactions, presenting an image of a harmonious friendship, which also evidenced by their spontaneous reaction when bargaining - "cool as cukes." These series of cooperation between Codi and Emelina pulls them closer. Further, when they sell the piñatas for the first time, Codi "mouthed the words" and "collapsed against each other." "Mouth the word" usually happens when one is excited about something. In this case, Codi is so exciting that they sell the piñatas at $60 apiece, a price higher than their expectation. She shares the excitement with Emelina by "[collapsing.]" Collapse is not often used to describe people, but here the author conveys the strong emotion by using collapse, which gives the reader a vivid image of them in a thrill. Thus far, she makes her first step toward getting involved in the
However, when she inevitably pushed to interacts with people and actively played a role in serving the community, she gains confidence and love. During the pinatas sale, she receives tremendous recognition by old friends. Between the lines, she joyfully calls at each other "Emelina, and I held the fort."(Kingsolver, 193). "Emelina and I looked at each other."(Kingsolver, 193). These repetitive phrases, "Emelina and I," reflects Codi's delight at working with a close friend. By making the effort to save the community, she finds the sense of belonging. "[Looking] at each other," and "[holding] the fort," Codi uses these physical interactions, presenting an image of a harmonious friendship, which also evidenced by their spontaneous reaction when bargaining - "cool as cukes." These series of cooperation between Codi and Emelina pulls them closer. Further, when they sell the piñatas for the first time, Codi "mouthed the words" and "collapsed against each other." "Mouth the word" usually happens when one is excited about something. In this case, Codi is so exciting that they sell the piñatas at $60 apiece, a price higher than their expectation. She shares the excitement with Emelina by "[collapsing.]" Collapse is not often used to describe people, but here the author conveys the strong emotion by using collapse, which gives the reader a vivid image of them in a thrill. Thus far, she makes her first step toward getting involved in the