“I am not like my mother. She and I are not alike. She should not have married my father. She should not have had children. She should not have thrown away her intelligence. She should not have paid so little attention to mine. She should have ignored someone like you. I am not like her at all. (123)

I pointed out the ways she had betrayed herself. I pointed out the ways she had betrayed me also…I said that she had acted like a saint, but that since I was living in this real world I had really wanted just a mother. I reminded her that my whole upbringing had been devoted to preventing me from becoming a slut; I then gave a brief description of my personal life…that my upbringing had been a failure…I would not come home ever. (127-8)

To all this the saint replied that she would always love me, she would always be my mother, my home would never be anywhere but with her. I burned this letter, along with all the others I had tied up in a neat little bundle… (128)

…for ten of my twenty years, half of my life, I had been mourning the end of a love affair, perhaps the only true love in my whole life I would ever know. (132)

“I wish I could love someone so much that I would die from it.” And then as I looked at this sentence a great wave of shame came over me and I wept and wept so much that the tears fell on the page and caused all the words to become one great big blur. (164)

Analysis of Lucy's development/progression Ch. 1 reveals the difficulty of Lucy’s transition

Analysis of structure (shifts) Chapter is mainly in present as Lucy takes in her new setting

Comparisons of “somewhere else” & “not a very nice situation” Introduction of new “family” not until page 12(!) – Lucy is focused on HER transition

Shifts: p. 7: dreams of grandmother – triggered byhomesickness p. 8: memory of Bible-play with cousin – triggered by sight of Bible on dresser

Lucy's self-awareness/reflection Lucy feels misunderstood

Maid: “way I talked” (9); “was sure I could not dance” (11); “everything about me was so pious” (11); “I burst into a calypso” (12)

Mariah & Lewis: dream -- “I did not know if they understood that.” (15)

Analysis of chapter title: Poor Visitor She begins as a visitor in this journey – she has no name & no real home of her own Poor – Mariah & Lewis patronize her Poor – Lucy’s disappointment at difficulty of transition

CHAPTER 1:POOR VISITOR

Analysis of Lucy's development/progression Analysis of structure (shifts) Lucy's self-awareness/reflection Analysis of chapter title

Chapter 2: Celina; Sophie; Aimee Chapter 3: Margot; Sebastian; Lukas Chapter 4: Emma; Mikhaella; Kylie Chapter 5: Izumi; Ethan; Haley

Chapter 2: Davide; Antoinette; Olivia; Mark Chapter 3: Kelly; Michael; Zane; Raymond E Chapter 4: Raymond C; Eric; Liana Chapter 5: Morgan; Annie; Arely;

Analysis of Lucy's development/progression Analysis of structure (shifts) Lucy's self-awareness/reflection Analysis of chapter title

Chapter 2: Andreea; Estelle; Patricia B; Andrew Chapter 3: Lillian; Florencia; Emma B; Kleah Chapter 4: Ariana; Patricia Z; Nisreen; Joung Chapter 5: Jacky; Elani; LZ; Ema M

Chapter 2: Moses; Tyler; Alex; Natalia Chapter 3: Silja; Julia; Dillon; John Chapter 4: Kevin; Martin; Viviana; Ariel Chapter 5: Emma F; Ola; Jami; Ausar