March 27, 2011

Absent Love

Can you believe that someone loves you, if they cannot express it? Allison must have felt as though her father hated her, because nothing in the illustrations gives me the impression that love was in the air amongst them at all.

The Father kind of creeps me out, because no one in the family could give him compliments without him freaking out. Compliments are just a means for expressing a likeness in something. He also seems peculiar in his dealings, because he and the mother never show any type of affection. And the only emotions that are conveyed through the illustrations are despair.

I believe that if this novel didn’t have the illustrations it wouldn’t have its effectiveness in showing how this family was unhappy, and there really was no foundation for a home. Having the ability to show love is really ones confirmation of what is actually being expressed.

That’s why people say that the tongue can be a tool and a weapon.