Characterizing Characters
Lucy
She had to grow up quickly and tries to keep her feelings to herself because she doesn't expect anybody else to care enough to understand. She works at Diamond D, a barn that also throws "pony parties" for children. She's really self conscious about how she looks and envies the children and families with richer, happier lives at the pony parties.
"But not once in the three or so years that I worked pony parties did anyone ask me directly what had happened." (11)
"I'd tilt away at exactly the same angle each time, my hair falling in a perfect sheet of camouflage between me and the camera" (11)
"They let me water a few horses, imagining I wouldn't last more than a day. I stayed for four years." (6)
"My feelings of being an outsiders were strengthened by the reminder of what my own family didn't have: money." (8)
Lucy's Mom
Lucy's mom is always worrying about money and bills which results in her being angry towards her family especially her husband. She feels that she is the only one in the family who faces facts.
"Cancer is an obscenely expensive illness; I saw the bills, I heard their fights." (10)
"He meant well, but his dismissal of the problem confirmed my mother's belief that she was the only one in the family who faced facts. This was true in a sense, but she never recognized that her anger scared all of us into retreat." (19)
"By churning problems through her own personal mill, she kept us from ever discussing a problem outright, which, in turn, exacerbated the problem." (19)
"One day, running out of milk was a problem easily dealt with ,but on the next it was a symbol of her children's selfishness, our father's failure, and her tragic, wasted life." (9)
Lucy's Dad
Her dad is a journalist for a major television company and is the main provider for the family. Even though he makes good money their medical bills are taking over. They don't have extra money to fix things in their house so dad pulls through and finds ways to (temporarily) fix problems by using things like duct tape.
"We should have had money: this was true in practical terms, for my father was a successful journalist..." (8)
"Either unwilling or unable, I'm not sure which, to spend money on plumbers and electricians and general handymen, my father kept our house barely together by a complex system of odd bits of wire, duct tape, and putty, which he applied rather haphazardly..." (8)
"He sang when he worked. Bits of opera, slapped together jauntily with the current top forth and the ancient ditties from his childhood, were periodically interrupted as he patiently explained his work to the dog, who always listened attentively." (9)
She had to grow up quickly and tries to keep her feelings to herself because she doesn't expect anybody else to care enough to understand. She works at Diamond D, a barn that also throws "pony parties" for children. She's really self conscious about how she looks and envies the children and families with richer, happier lives at the pony parties.
"But not once in the three or so years that I worked pony parties did anyone ask me directly what had happened." (11)
"I'd tilt away at exactly the same angle each time, my hair falling in a perfect sheet of camouflage between me and the camera" (11)
"They let me water a few horses, imagining I wouldn't last more than a day. I stayed for four years." (6)
"My feelings of being an outsiders were strengthened by the reminder of what my own family didn't have: money." (8)
Lucy's Mom
Lucy's mom is always worrying about money and bills which results in her being angry towards her family especially her husband. She feels that she is the only one in the family who faces facts.
"Cancer is an obscenely expensive illness; I saw the bills, I heard their fights." (10)
"He meant well, but his dismissal of the problem confirmed my mother's belief that she was the only one in the family who faced facts. This was true in a sense, but she never recognized that her anger scared all of us into retreat." (19)
"By churning problems through her own personal mill, she kept us from ever discussing a problem outright, which, in turn, exacerbated the problem." (19)
"One day, running out of milk was a problem easily dealt with ,but on the next it was a symbol of her children's selfishness, our father's failure, and her tragic, wasted life." (9)
Lucy's Dad
Her dad is a journalist for a major television company and is the main provider for the family. Even though he makes good money their medical bills are taking over. They don't have extra money to fix things in their house so dad pulls through and finds ways to (temporarily) fix problems by using things like duct tape.
"We should have had money: this was true in practical terms, for my father was a successful journalist..." (8)
"Either unwilling or unable, I'm not sure which, to spend money on plumbers and electricians and general handymen, my father kept our house barely together by a complex system of odd bits of wire, duct tape, and putty, which he applied rather haphazardly..." (8)
"He sang when he worked. Bits of opera, slapped together jauntily with the current top forth and the ancient ditties from his childhood, were periodically interrupted as he patiently explained his work to the dog, who always listened attentively." (9)
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