The conflicts include: being a bastard, being sexually abused by stepfather, being less fortunate when it comes to money, struggling with herself (as a result of being abused and forced to move around a lot and not having the option to have luxurious things).
These are the types of conflicts (in order): man vs society, man vs self, man vs man; man vs self, man vs man; and man vs society, man vs man, man vs self.
Each cause and potential resolution (in order) would be: Anney being unwed when she birthed Bone, and the courthouse being burned to the ground with all of Bone’s birth certificates; Glen is a sick man in need to feel empowered , to receive love with no boundaries, and maybe Bone telling someone and maybe Anney would leave him; Anney marrying Glen and allowing his pride to get in the way of his family’s needs, there may never be a resolution unless Glen disappears or Bone gets a job, or is old enough to move out; Bone struggles with self because of the abuse, being forced to move around a lot, and trying to protect her mother by hiding the abuse and how much it hurts Bone to not have nice things, and maybe even struggles herself with being a bastard cause she doesn’t know her father or anything about him really so she has a lost identity, all could maybe be resolved in different ways such as journaling, therapy, telling someone of the abuse, but I don’t know if she will even attempt to change things for fear of hurting mama.
My favorite scene thus far would be when Bone talks of touching herself to images of fire because there is so much behind that imagery with symbolism and it allows you to see Bone as probably her most vulnerable where nothing could bother her and she just lets her mind go and it directly goes to fire, pain, and potential death. This stuck with me more than any other scene and maybe she wouldn’t have started touching herself if Glen never did first.
This scene is connected to Bone vs Bone, and Bone vs Glen. Bone now struggles with thoughts of if it was her fault, confused, does Glen love her, can Glen love her if he’s doing this to her. Bone struggling with inner questions about Glen would be also in itself a conflict with Glen.
How many times did it happen? For how long did it persist?
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