Four Directions

In the story Four Directions, Waverly shows that there are some sides of her that haven’t changed in the least bit and there are some parts of her that have changed significantly. She is still struggling to understand her mother and thinks more of herself than anyone else. She is mainly concerned with her mothers reaction to the news of their engagement and how Rich’s behavior towards her was not a winning success. Waverly brings back the story about her younger self when she temporarily quit playing chess in order to hurt her mother. What she soon realized, however, is that she didn’t hurt her mother (or at least her mom didn’t show she was hurt) and ended up coming back around and hurting herself. She began to loose competitions, making her very nervous, and ended up quitting altogether because she couldn’t handle the stress of loosing. At the end of the story, Waverly and Lindo share a moment together that seems to further bring them together and helps clear the fog between their relationship. She even considers bringing her mother along for the honeymoon in order to connect and replenish some of the time lost between mother and daughter.