Men and Mice

Out of dust paragraph

In section five, the relationship between Billie Jo and her father can be described as joyless, depressive, and lifeless. Billie’s father spends most of the time digging a hole, the hole that Ma once wanted. He might be regretting that he didn’t listen to Ma. His time is killed by digging instead of doing something together with Billie. He digs and digs while Billie studies and sleeps. They don’t have any happiness between them, which is very sad. Once they get together at home, Billie’s father stares at her all the time and Billie gives him her back. Maybe Billie’s father wants to find Ma on Billie, but Billie thinks it’s an unfriendly staring. She can’t forgive her father going out to drink when Ma is suffering from pain at home. They never talk about the misapprehension between them. The unsolved problems make their relationship more and more depressive. Billie’s father wakes up in the morning and leaves his shape in the bed outlined by dust. He does not smell like Ma any more. When he comes back, he is always covered with dust. They are like two insensible bodies to each other. Without talking, understanding, and caring, their relationship becomes cheerless, depressing, and inanimate.

In section five, the relationship between Billie Jo and her father can be described as joyless, depressive, and lifeless. Billie’s father spends most of the time digging a hole, the hole that Ma once wanted. He might be regretting that he didn’t listen to Ma. His time is killed by digging instead of doing something together with Billie. He digs and digs while Billie studies and sleeps. They don’t have any happiness between them, which is very sad. Once they get together at home, Billie’s father stares at her all the time and Billie gives him her back. Maybe Billie’s father wants to find Ma on Billie, but Billie thinks it’s an unfriendly staring. She can’t forgive her father going out to drink when Ma is suffering from pain at home. They never...