How Far She Wentt Summary

In “How Far She Went,” the author, Mary Hood, portrays the relationship between a granddaughter and grandmother blossom into new beginnings rather than broken. Through the writings of this story, we see that the granddaughter begins to have a change of heart. Before she has a change of heart though, we see the granddaughter is devastated, disrespectful, and rebellious. The granddaughter is devastated learning she will not be going home since that all she wants is to return to her previous home. The character becomes devastated upon finding out that she will be living with her grandmother now. The grandmother tells her, “Your daddy wants you to cash in that plane ticket,” (1). This devastates the granddaughter even more since she did not want to stay there in the first place, even making the accusation, “You’re lying,” (1) to the grandmother. The young girl is devastated deeply to not be returning to the home she knew. Readers can infer from the actions of the granddaughter that she loved where she lived and wanted to return back and when she discovered she would not be going back she was devastated. …show more content…
The grandmother just laughs at the disrespect from the girl even after the granddaughter states, “I could turn this whole house over,” (1). The granddaughter acts out in attempt to seek for attention that she subconsciously did not know she wanted. All the disrespect the granddaughter threw at her grandmother, the grandmother did not let it bother her as she, “just went on unalarmed with chores,” (1). The granddaughters disrespect is not bothering her grandmother leaving her unfazed. From the disrespect of the granddaughter, readers can infer that she does not care what she says or how she acts towards the grandmother; she just wants her