In the story Larger Than Life by Jodi Piccoult, Alice learned that parents need their children just as much as children need their parents. The relationship Alice held with Lesego made her realize the difficulties of being a mother and that her mother was trying her best to care for her. Alice finds out her mother is sick and disregards this message because of her broken relationship with her mother. However, when Lesego dies, Alice realizes how much she depended on Lesego, and how much her mother probably needs her right now. Alice said this quote when she thinks Lesego is going to be put back into the wild and not in her possesion anymore, “Three weeks of memories swell in my throat, making it hard to breathe: Lesego overturning the
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The significance of the title is that all objects seems huge or “larger than life” under a microscope, however, these objects that seem massive are just microscopic and are blown out of proportion. This relates to life issues because when an issue comes our way we think it is the only issue that matters. It’s the one thing that crosses our minds and the only thing we think about, but when time goes on we realize these issues were really microscopic and nonimportant. It’s not always good to see objects larger than life because you would always over analyze them and never be able to focus on anything else. Alice learns that life wouldn’t be better under a microscope when she says, “As I grew older I learned that not being able to observe a magnified world was not an evolutionary design flaw after all. In fact, it was a means of protection. What we could not see clearly, we didn’t have to pretend to understand.” This quote on page 447 shows that Alice knows everything truly does seem larger than life when put under a microscope, but everything doesn’t need to be put under the microscope. If everything was put under this microscope we wouldn’t ever realize the important aspects of life. We would just be worried about the small issues because now under that microscope they seem like the focus of our
The significance of the title is that all objects seems huge or “larger than life” under a microscope, however, these objects that seem massive are just microscopic and are blown out of proportion. This relates to life issues because when an issue comes our way we think it is the only issue that matters. It’s the one thing that crosses our minds and the only thing we think about, but when time goes on we realize these issues were really microscopic and nonimportant. It’s not always good to see objects larger than life because you would always over analyze them and never be able to focus on anything else. Alice learns that life wouldn’t be better under a microscope when she says, “As I grew older I learned that not being able to observe a magnified world was not an evolutionary design flaw after all. In fact, it was a means of protection. What we could not see clearly, we didn’t have to pretend to understand.” This quote on page 447 shows that Alice knows everything truly does seem larger than life when put under a microscope, but everything doesn’t need to be put under the microscope. If everything was put under this microscope we wouldn’t ever realize the important aspects of life. We would just be worried about the small issues because now under that microscope they seem like the focus of our