"Her face pressed sideways to the piling, absorbs it all: the truck and the soldiers, the mother and the child. " (8)
Virginia is so observant that she commits suicide. She evaluates everything that she perceives and cannot handle to live through it any more. She sees the imperfections in the world and continues to see them after she has drowned herself. Her vivid perception allows her to be a brilliant writer, but wears her down.
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Hannah, you make the connections and you have the necessary references -- the piece of the analysis that doesn't feel complete is the presence of Cunningham as manipulator/crafter how can you work him into your discussions to solidify the analysis?
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