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Chapter 1 Summary Of Clara Dialectical Journal

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In this chapter the main characters of this novel was introduced. What was so intriguing to me is how the writer introduced Clara with a little mystery to keep me interested to unravel why Clara would glare up the road and sea. Another case would be the way she would fix her home the same way. Then the writer unraveled how her husband left her for another woman. I somehow started to gain an understanding as to why she was obsessed with the road and the sea. What added more to my obsession of Clara is on top of her loosing her husband she also lost her brother and older son at sea. This clearly is what drove Clara to her demise. An example of Clara 's demise would be when she went on the top of her rood shouting to everyone passing that Jesus

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