Kidd Quotes

The character Kidd makes me particularly admire was Lily. The traits she showed throughout the story showed how strong mentally and emotionally she is. Being a child and going through many hardships such as her mother dying and her father verbally abusing her shows the emotional toughness she has.

“ I knew that the explosion I'd heard that day had killed her. The sound still sneaked into my head once in a while and surprised me. Sometimes it seemed that when I'd held the gun there hadn't been any noise at all, that it had come later, but other times, sitting alone on the back steps, bored and wishing for something to do, or pent up in my room on a rainy day, I felt I had caused it, that when I'd lifted the gun, the sound had torn through the room and gouged out our hearts.” (Kidd) This quote is referencing when Lily had killed her mother. She was only trying to help …show more content…
"If the love had worn off, why did she marry him?"... Honey, Deborah was pregnant, that's why." The instant before she said it, I knew what was coming, but still her words feel like a hammer. "She was pregnant with me?" My voice sounded tired saying the words. My mother's life was too heavy for me. "That's right, pregnant with you. She and Terrence Ray got married around Christmas Time.”(Kidd) Lily after hearing this was heartbroken because she knew her parents love had worn away and the only reason they were together was because Deborah was pregnant with her. Lily had already showed how tough she is and this although made her very upset was something that Lily would take as a lesson later in life. "Depressed people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do." "Like what?" I said. "Abandon their children?" I couldn't stop. The rain spattered my sandals, dripped between my toes. Letting out a loud breath, August walked back to the swing and sat down. It seemed like maybe I'd hurt her, disappointed her, and something about that punched a hole in me. Some of my pridefulness drained out.”