Pearson’s writing exposes a theme through Mother’s loss of self. The overarching focus strikes the subject of sacrifice through thorough development of the characters. With these characters and a reoccurring symbol, the theme was to appear throughout the poem in several ways. Carol’s addition of the red dress added another layer to the Mother, which expanded on her reformed character. The mother has yet to take her turn, and finds herself weak and exhausted; not just physically but emotionally and mentally. Learning to well of the effects of sacrifice. Knowing her fate, she must pass without an identity. She has to leave the earth as an object, something far worse than a failed wife or mother. Unable to change the lives of those she has touched,
