How Does Jeanette Change Throughout The Novel

At the beginning of the novel oranges are not the only fruits Jeanette describes her mother’s character as that of such with dualistic view of the world which she tries to deeply impress upon Jeanette. Jeanette describes her mother as a woman who sees the world in only in black and white terms, with no layer in between, for Jeanette’s mom there were friends and they were enemies, they were saved people and they were people who are not saved. According to the novel “she had never heard of mix feelings, there were friends and there were enemies”(3) she also tries to enforce that concept on to Jeanette who start trying to make sense of things in her own term and realizes that the world is not made up of binary oppositions.
Jeanette’s mother is a woman who is being portrayed as a hypocrite throughout this novel. She tries to be perfect but knows that’s not possible for her but she portraits herself as perfect she uses the disguise of religion to cover up her tracks. She is one on the most devoted member of the church, she wakes up on Sunday mornings pray and also meditating “my mother got up early on Sunday and allowed nobody into the parlor until 10 o’clock. It was her play of prayer and meditation” (4) but at a close examination she lacks charity in her heart which can be seen through the way she treat Jeanette she plans to make her daughter a …show more content…
At the beginning of the novel Jeanette’s mother doesn’t show that she loves Jeanette; instead her love grows when Jeanette fills her expectations and it grows less when Jeanette