My reply comment to Nadia's Post

I do not know why but after numerous futile attempts of replying to blogs, I decided to post a new one containing my comment to Nadia Orr’s post.
I agree with your both points on the themes Maturity/Change and Success diminishes grief and pain and Fear of failure, although I thought it could have been linked and rephrased as ‘Success and Failure’.

Just as her father compared her to the bougainvillea vine which was breaking down Miss Boysie’s fence, he also then cut it down, which symbolized the removal her lies, pretentious airs,’flash’, her ‘phoney-ness’, hence therefore was change in Beka.I agree with your point, ‘The writer tells us that sometimes we have to make changes in our lives to get what we want in Beka’s case she wants another chance at going back to school. ‘Evidence from the book can be cited like ‘she was beginning to understand that atonement required more now than dusting and polishing’.Beka therefore had to mature academically.Additionally,Beka wanted to return to school in order to accomplish her goal to be a politician which was mentioned in chapter four.

I also agree and like the points you mentioned on ‘failure’ and how you used her emotions and feelings after the dream to express her fear.

Lastly, you unintentionally mentioned other themes faced in those chapters like social classes hierarchy and racialism.