Local Girls
Local Girls Essay In just about every book there are significant passages. The purpose of significant passages is to reveal the deeper meaning of the book, or possibly show the reader a change in a character. Throughout the book, Local Girls, Alice Hoffman several significant passages such as the following quotes on page 129. This quote has a huge importance to the book Local Girls. “Maybe it’s resting” my mother insisted. “Maybe it sang the most beautiful song in the world right before we got here.” The bird stared down at us from a wavering branch. “You never know.” By then, the rain was falling harder, but none of us paid the least bit of attention. We didn’t even blink. “Exactly,” I had to agree “You never can tell.” Before coming across this passage of the book Franny, Gretel’s mother, had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing treatment. Throughout the book her cancer had been getting stronger, in fact it was so bad that Franny had reached the point where she knows her battle will be lost shortly. Therefore she decides to look a perfect burial ground and begins to plan out her own funeral. Immediately before this passage Franny had found the “perfect” burial ground and was hoping for Gretel and Margot’s approval. During this passage Franny looks up and spies a bird, a silent bird, perched on a wavering branch staring down at the three of them.