House Lights, Week 7, Post B

Dear Miss Beatrice Fisher-Hart,
I was really intrigued reading the last section of the novel of your life and I want to know how your life was after it! It was confusing to me why you wouldn’t want your best friend Maeve to attend your mother’s funeral when she brought you to the airport. Did you figure it would be too painful for her to attend? Or was it because you wanted to appear strong and not rely on the support of your dear friend? Anyways, I found this quote really profound, “On the planet Fisher-Hart the truth did not exist, the atmosphere being too thin to support it” (257). It so accurately describes the main problem within your family, that of telling the truth and also exemplifies how myopic your family was because you had your own “planet”. Do you believe that your parents chose not to tell the truth in order to protect your other family members, or were they truly incapable of doing so? Though you have made mistakes in blaming others for certain events, I am glad you have realized these mistakes and tried to reconnect with those it hurt. For example, you were mad at your father for the accusations, but you never talked to him about them. Also, you were mad at Hale for being old and becoming sick, but it’s the risk you take when you marry an older man. At least you realized these mistakes before the relationships you had with these men were completely severed. Do you believe your relationship with your father was like that of the relationship between your mother and grandmother? Though your relationship with your father has been difficult and at some times nonexistent for the past 20 years, I am thrilled that you have reconciled with him and begun the road to acceptance.

Sincerely,
Rachel