without wood

I am actually starting to really like the book. This specific story was so sentimental and I really felt that it really captured something a lot of people today go through. Rose is getting divorced and her soon to be ex husband Ted wants to take the house. Like most men in these situations, he is all set to get married again to his next temporary muse and thinks that he can throw Rose away like an old shoe. His garden plays a very significant metaphor for their marriage in this story. The once prosperous, fruitful, beautiful garden that used to surround their house is now a dead, decaying, mass of nothing. He has forgotten to take care of it and has neglected it completely. Rose’s mother surprisingly plays a rather supportive role in this story. Unlike all her other appearances in the novel, she shows Rose that she is actually worth something, she lets her know that she is worth a great deal and plays a very large part in getting her daughter through this difficult time in her life. Like most mothers, she is a hundred percent there when her daughter really needs her; and through everything they have been through, through all the disagreements and struggles they faced while she grew up, they have a beautiful relationship full of support and love. They just needed a little push to show it. Because of her mothers help, Rose is able to stand her ground and tell Ted that she is going to fight to keep the house. She will not be discarded and she wants to show Ted that, like her mom says, she is worth something, she is worth a lot.