The book I am reading is The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride. It is about a boy and his mother; two different races within one family who love each other dearly. His mother didn't believe in racial discrimination. She even ended up marrying a black man, who she loved with all her heart and didn't care what people had to say about it.
The most important line of chapter 13 is, "Mameh came up to me in the store a couple days later while I was standing behind the counter and placed the bracelet on the counter. Real quiet. just placed it on the counter and limped back to her little chair by the door where she always sat in her apron, sorting and stacking vegetables. 'Why don't you go to New York this summer to see your grandmother?' she said," (McBride 114-115). This line is the most important because it shows that her mother had her back, no matter how much Ruth didn't believe so. Her mother knew that she was pregnant and could have told her father, which would have resulted in a beating and maybe even worse. But she didn't tell a soul; her mother knew what was best for Ruth and didn't tell a soul. As a daughter, this makes me feel proud and elated that her mother understood what Ruth was going through. I know that I have a great relationship with my mom and would expect her to do the same thing. And even though they don't have the best mother-daughter relationship, you can see how much her mother loves her.
The most important line of chapter 13 is, "Mameh came up to me in the store a couple days later while I was standing behind the counter and placed the bracelet on the counter. Real quiet. just placed it on the counter and limped back to her little chair by the door where she always sat in her apron, sorting and stacking vegetables. 'Why don't you go to New York this summer to see your grandmother?' she said," (McBride 114-115). This line is the most important because it shows that her mother had her back, no matter how much Ruth didn't believe so. Her mother knew that she was pregnant and could have told her father, which would have resulted in a beating and maybe even worse. But she didn't tell a soul; her mother knew what was best for Ruth and didn't tell a soul. As a daughter, this makes me feel proud and elated that her mother understood what Ruth was going through. I know that I have a great relationship with my mom and would expect her to do the same thing. And even though they don't have the best mother-daughter relationship, you can see how much her mother loves her.
