Lily Owens is the main protagonist in this book, and the story is told from the point of view of
her. Lily is a 14 year old white girl who was born in Sylvan, South Carolina. When Lily was only
four she witnessed her parents fighting and arguing then she saw a gun appear on the ground; it
had fallen from Deborah’s hand’s and, grabbed it and tired to hand it to her mother; Deborah, but
instead accidently fired the gun at her mother and killed her. Lily has been living with her abusive
father T. Ray and her housekeeper/nanny Rosaleen who is the closest mother figure lily has.
Lily has decided she has had enough of her father; T. Ray’s abuse she then ends up running off
with Rosaleen after she has gotten …show more content…
Lily has never really known her mother but
still favors her over her father T. Ray mainly because of his abuse and lack of empathy for
herself. Throughout the whole story Lily’s love for her mother and hate for her father go through
a new transition and phase chapter after chapter.
Lily is so obviously infatuated and bluntly in love with her mother. Lily has a perfect painted
image of her mother in her mind as a saint, an angel. Which explains why Lily is
even more saddened by the cruel reality that she killed her own mother, even stating in chapter
1 and page 9 that she would meet her mother in paradise apologizing,“That night I lay in bed and
thought about dying and going tobe with my mother in paradise. I would meet her
saying,"Mother, forgive. Please forgive," and she would kiss my skin till it grew
chapped and tell me I was not to blame. She would tell me this for the first ten thousand years.
suggesting even if she had a chance to Come face to face with her one more time she would
apologize to her, and that her mother would comfort her with a mother’s touch and tell …show more content…
She was all I wanted. And I took her away.” Lily is saying exactly what she means. All Lily had
Wanted was to just be with her mother, all she was trying to do that day was give back the gun
to her mother and help them get away from her father T.Ray, but instead had ended up doing the
exact opposite. In a way Lily is saying that she was her own destruction. Lily has created
Deborah to be a larger than life person and once august tells her about her Mother Lily see’s
flaws and the pedestal lily had her mother on is broken, in chapter 12 page 192 “I’d
spent my life imagining all the ways she loved me, what a perfect specimen of a mother she
was. And all of it was lies. I had completely made her up.” In chapter 12 and page 362
Lily and August share a conversation about her mother "Why?" I said. "Why didn't she
bring me?" "All I know, Lily, is that she was depressed, kind of falling apart”. Lily then goes on to
say "I hate her,". Lily is upset with the fact that her mother didn’t bring her, even though August
tries to explain that sometimes when people are depressed they don’t think Straight, but Lily
her. Lily is a 14 year old white girl who was born in Sylvan, South Carolina. When Lily was only
four she witnessed her parents fighting and arguing then she saw a gun appear on the ground; it
had fallen from Deborah’s hand’s and, grabbed it and tired to hand it to her mother; Deborah, but
instead accidently fired the gun at her mother and killed her. Lily has been living with her abusive
father T. Ray and her housekeeper/nanny Rosaleen who is the closest mother figure lily has.
Lily has decided she has had enough of her father; T. Ray’s abuse she then ends up running off
with Rosaleen after she has gotten …show more content…
Lily has never really known her mother but
still favors her over her father T. Ray mainly because of his abuse and lack of empathy for
herself. Throughout the whole story Lily’s love for her mother and hate for her father go through
a new transition and phase chapter after chapter.
Lily is so obviously infatuated and bluntly in love with her mother. Lily has a perfect painted
image of her mother in her mind as a saint, an angel. Which explains why Lily is
even more saddened by the cruel reality that she killed her own mother, even stating in chapter
1 and page 9 that she would meet her mother in paradise apologizing,“That night I lay in bed and
thought about dying and going tobe with my mother in paradise. I would meet her
saying,"Mother, forgive. Please forgive," and she would kiss my skin till it grew
chapped and tell me I was not to blame. She would tell me this for the first ten thousand years.
suggesting even if she had a chance to Come face to face with her one more time she would
apologize to her, and that her mother would comfort her with a mother’s touch and tell …show more content…
She was all I wanted. And I took her away.” Lily is saying exactly what she means. All Lily had
Wanted was to just be with her mother, all she was trying to do that day was give back the gun
to her mother and help them get away from her father T.Ray, but instead had ended up doing the
exact opposite. In a way Lily is saying that she was her own destruction. Lily has created
Deborah to be a larger than life person and once august tells her about her Mother Lily see’s
flaws and the pedestal lily had her mother on is broken, in chapter 12 page 192 “I’d
spent my life imagining all the ways she loved me, what a perfect specimen of a mother she
was. And all of it was lies. I had completely made her up.” In chapter 12 and page 362
Lily and August share a conversation about her mother "Why?" I said. "Why didn't she
bring me?" "All I know, Lily, is that she was depressed, kind of falling apart”. Lily then goes on to
say "I hate her,". Lily is upset with the fact that her mother didn’t bring her, even though August
tries to explain that sometimes when people are depressed they don’t think Straight, but Lily