“Some families, Katie told us, are devil-haunted it's a curse a family can never shake off. When at first, his mother's face flashes in "welcome", it then quickly turns to "pain" when she realizes who it is, demonstrating the clear mental distress she is facing. In one wonderfully written passage, Deane shows us the inner turmoil of the mother, and the family's strained relationships with each other. "When we came into the kitchen, my mother looked up and the whole history of his family and her family and ourselves passed over her face in one intuitive waltz of welcome and then of pain". The tumultuous relationship between the narrator and his father's family is clearly demonstrated in this line he envisions them as a "dangerous fire." Get too close, and he would be burned. "So broken was my father's family that it felt to me like a catastrophe you could live with only if you kept it quiet, let it die down of its own accord like a dangerous fire." Narrator Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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