Seedfolks Analysis

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A text-to-self connection with Maricela in the novel, Seedfolks. My connection differ than hers because she was pregnant, and I’m not. However, my connection with Maricela is about the miracle of life and nature. It’s funny how life works out sometimes the Lord sees and knows everything, and he knows what we need and when we need it and most importantly He is always on time. But I was happy in the end that she saw her baby as a blessing thanks to Leona the Lord also put people in our life at the right time.
Keywords: nature and the miracle of life, Seedfolks text-to-self. In the story Seedfolks it was hard to make connection with just one person, I can relate to them all on a different level. However, my text-to –self connection is with Maricela, on a different level. The difference with Maricela and me is that she was pregnant, and I’m not. I relate to Maricela on the miracle of life and nature. When Maricela found out she was pregnant she wanted nothing to do with the baby all she wanted to do was to get rid of her pregnancy. Maricela taught been pregnant was like being dead. “So shoot me and get it over with. I wouldn’t actually care if you did. In a way I’m already
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Maricela could talk to Leona about anything she open up to her about not wanting to be pregnant. The garden was a place where you could go to relax no electricity around you. Instead it was very quiet and peaceful. I like nature because I get lost in everything around me it is amazing to see Gods wonderful creation and the life and beauty of it all. The different colors around you, the different types of flowers and vegetables etc. and none of it works off light. In that quiet moment Maricela knew that her baby was a gift from God and that her body was a part of nature “and just for that minute I stopped wishing my baby would die””

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