Four Directions JLC

The story "Four Directions" is about Waverly, and her struggle to tell her mother about the engagement with her and Rich. In the beginning of the story she talks about how her mother had told Waverly to take the piano with her, and that it was always her piano no matter what happened. She talks about her long period of chess-less days and how her mother says she'll never be able to instantly get her talent of chess back, and when Waverly enters the contest, she looses against a boy that she easily beat before she quit. I'm starting to pity her a little bit because her mother is still holding that argument against her, and she's acting like each failure at winning a chess game that Waverly has, it's a good thing, and she's not being a very good parent. Something that i like in this story that Waverly has great friends that encourage her to stand up to her mother, and tell her that what she's doing is really affecting Waverly, and that she needs to stop. Something i find interesting though, is that Waverly has a strong weakness towards her mother, when to anybody else on the street, she'll snap on you like it's nothing. I think that both Waverly and Lindo have some growing up to do, and I think they need to put their differences behind them.