Family is the theme I saw most in the second half of the novel. Family is all Cocoa and George have longed for and all they are surrounded by. George, the orphan longs for a family and children of his own. While Cocoa refuses to even entertain the notion of children as she still is getting used to being constantly around George. The rest of the story revolves around the aspect of creating a family, which eventually occurs. The drama that arises from pushing each other fuels the storyline. Cocoa one days leaves Georges apartment and visits another man. She does not leave until the morning after, George all the while has followed her. Cocoa then asks him to marry her, he agrees. The two begin to form bonds over King Lear. Both bond over one of
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He states "Yeah-this is really one beautiful island." Perfect example of a true family member not wanting to fight with either his wife nor his in-laws. Cocoa and George begin to fall apart the longer he is on the island and witnesses the strange acts and superstition's of the group. At the gravesite Cocoa berates and yells at George. She wanted him to accept her not as he wanted her to be but as she is and as she tries to be. She stated "...you didn't know this place. And you didn't know my people. I was sorry I had brought you-on that walk, to Willow Springs period." On page 233 Cocoa takes a huge leap in breaking Georges heart by pushing him away. She is falling into her family curse of the women destroying the men they are with. She states "Look, George, what you wanted was what you wanted. And what you got was what you got. It's that simple. I know I'm not your ideal-". This is in reference to the red haired freckled women George dated before Cocoa. This infuriates George to no end. He is confused why the woman he married would constantly compare herself to another woman in his past. On page 244 Ms. Ruby sends Cocoa a letter apologizing for her husband. Cocoa refuses to forgive her own saying Junior Lee is a "slime out in the dark" "you
He states "Yeah-this is really one beautiful island." Perfect example of a true family member not wanting to fight with either his wife nor his in-laws. Cocoa and George begin to fall apart the longer he is on the island and witnesses the strange acts and superstition's of the group. At the gravesite Cocoa berates and yells at George. She wanted him to accept her not as he wanted her to be but as she is and as she tries to be. She stated "...you didn't know this place. And you didn't know my people. I was sorry I had brought you-on that walk, to Willow Springs period." On page 233 Cocoa takes a huge leap in breaking Georges heart by pushing him away. She is falling into her family curse of the women destroying the men they are with. She states "Look, George, what you wanted was what you wanted. And what you got was what you got. It's that simple. I know I'm not your ideal-". This is in reference to the red haired freckled women George dated before Cocoa. This infuriates George to no end. He is confused why the woman he married would constantly compare herself to another woman in his past. On page 244 Ms. Ruby sends Cocoa a letter apologizing for her husband. Cocoa refuses to forgive her own saying Junior Lee is a "slime out in the dark" "you