House Lights, Week 4, Post B

Dear Miss Beatrice Fisher-Hart,
Wow, what a journey your life has been so far! At the beginning of the novel you seemed extremely naïve and were afraid to step outside of your standard ways. But as you encounter more situations, you learn from some of your errors and try to correct them, which I truly applaud you for. However, you still seem to hide from accepting the truth in some situations, such as your father’s sexual harassment charges and your grandmother’s plan for your grandfather’s suicide. I understand that it must be hard for you to accept these events, but sometimes good people just happen to do bad things, it shouldn’t mean they are a completely different person because of a single event. Also, I can’t imagine how depressed you must have been when Silke died, just a day after your 20th birthday! She was a wonderful person and her personality really showed in the way she made you feel a special love, your heart must be in terrible pain from her death. I really enjoyed the thoughts going through your head as you contemplated your grandmother’s role in your grandfather’s death, “Had Margaret Fourcey really built a career on the ashes of her first husband?...Which was Maggie Fourcey’s greater asset: skill at lying, or skill at truth-telling?” (141). It was interesting that you used her name, instead of calling her grandmother because it showed the distance coming between the two of you. You also bring up a good argument, whether your grandmother is a liar or honest, because her past actions have been a bit risky. In addition, I loved the part where you and John were dancing in the rain after Silke’s memorial service. I can totally relate to this because when my grandmother died, my family went out for dinner one night and we just laughed with each other, it was a great release of emotions, yet still bittersweet. On a lighter note, good luck with your acting career! I hope that your role in Hale’s play will bring you great success!
Sincerely,
Rachel