PART THREE - WELCH

SECTION FOURTEEN (Pages 186-188)

Summary

One day, while Jeannette and Brian are out scrounging around their property, Brian lifts up a log, and they discover what turns out to be a two-carat diamond ring. Jeannette immediately thinks about selling it, paying off the house, and buying groceries. However, Mom refuses to sell it. She claims it hers since Dad had pawned her original diamond shortly after they got married. When Jeannette objects, because the ring can bring them a lot of food, Mom says, That's true, but it could also improve my self-esteem. And at times like these, self-esteem is even more vital than food.

Jeannette recognizes that Mom's self-esteem does need some shoring up. She cries a lot, lies on the couch for........

Notes

This section is filled with quotes that really express the truth about Rose Mary Walls. No matter how sympathetically she........

SECTION FIFTEEN (Pages 189-192)

Summary

Mom never tells Dad that Jeannette had urged her to leave him. So that summer, he still believes her to be his greatest support. One afternoon in June, they are sitting together on the porch. It is the hottest summer she can remember and it's only ninety degrees. Dad explains that they are used to the dry heat of the desert, and this is a humid heat. He does point out that the high position of their house is lucky, because it's hotter in the valley, and from there, they will never be flooded. He ironically points out that he had taken great care to find just the right house for them, because in real estate, location is everything. That sparks hysterical laughter from both of them, and they lay there on the porch shaking with the humor of the.........

Notes

This section really juxtaposes how the so-called superior race - the white race - is quick to drive out any elements they designate unworthy, while the........

 

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