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Blog Post assignment  #5

Quote: " She was optimistic too an annoying degree, given to saying those stupid things: We're not poor because we're rich in love! or When door closes another one opens up! Which for some reason I couldn't quite pin down

3. Does the quotation indicate a conflict? If so, what conflict?

 Yes, this quotation indicates conflict. This quote foreshadows how this chapter was majority about Cheryl dealing with her mothers birthday August 18th. In this quotation Cheryl is going through a mental dilemma of how she remembers her mother and how she was going back and forth in her mind about whether her mother affected her life negatively or positively.

2. Does this quotation characterize Cheryl, Paul, or another character? If so in what way does it?

 Yes, this quotation characterizes Cheryl but revealing after doing the PCT she still has the same inner demons she battling before the hike, it shows that she has yet to get over the death of her mother.


Quote: " By the time I rose and started walking, I didn't begrudge my mother a thing,  the truth was, in spite of all that she'd be an spectacular mom".

 1. Does this quotation relate to a theme? If so, which theme and how does it relate?

This quotation relates to the theme because she comes to yet another realization about her mother. In this chapter she was trying to figure out how she felt about her mother due to her mothers fiftieth birthday approaching. That year would've made the fifth year of her death. This year Cheryl decided to be angry.


4. Does this quotation provide detail about the setting? If so what type of description does it prove? Does the setting description classify the time period?
The detail that this quotation provides about the setting is that she is still walking. The description is showing that stopped to take a break to ponder but she then got up to continue her trek. The only thing in the description that indicates the date is she's still talking about her mother due to the fact that her birthday is approaching.

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