Blood Knots By Brk Burton Summary

Blood knots

In the story “Blood knots” by Mallory Burton, the protagonist gradually defines her emotions on her father’s death, and comes to terms with her father’s death. Within the story the author examines the concept that guarded individuals commonly react with emotional outbursts, ultimately resulting in a sense of sorrow. In other words, the author explores how people tend to react to emotional outbursts and then experience sorrow, when the individual is guarded. The story illustrates the protagonist's ongoing difficulty in accepting and understanding her emotions after her father’s passing.

Feeling down, she could not quite express herself and wasn’t sure how to cope with her father’s death. The mix of emotions left her in a state