Hope In Chanda's Secrets

Martin Luther King Jr once said, “We must accept finite disappointments but never lose infinite hope.” Chanda’s Secrets created by Allan Stratton is a fictional novel. In Chanda’s Secrets only one person, that being Chanda shows an immeasurable amount of hope even though she faced a numerous amount of devastation and disappointments. Mama displays through various occasions that she is more accepting of having faith in her pride when confronted with challenges. This novel is about how it is in human nature to hope for what is desired but also contradicts that by showing that many lose hope after being defeated by an obstacle. Hope is in human nature, it is like an instinct. Although the force of hope is strong, the attraction
When there is no more ambition, there is no more desire. Mama had an endless amount of aspiration for Jonah to regret his past decisions and give up his need to drown in alcohol for the sake of their family. Mama’s infinite amount of faith in Jonah’s sober return was demonstrated in a small, yet meaningful flashback discussion between Mama and Chanda at home after Sara’s death. “What I know is, if it was anyone else but Jonah, Mama would have send him packing. But somehow Jonah gets away with everything. The night he smashed the plate I went crazy. ‘Why don’t you kick him out?’ I demanded. Mama’s eyes flashed ‘never say that again, you hear? You’re taking Sara’s papa. Show some respect!’ Mama got very quiet. ‘ I know it’s hard. But forgive him. He’s in pain.’ ‘who isn’t?’ Mama didn’t answer. She knelt down, gathered the bits of plate into her apron, and closed her eyes. The last few months, while Jonah’s been out with his friends, we’ve stayed up soothing Sara’s rashes with a tea of devils claw root. Whenever I’ve heard a drunken holler from outside I’ve jumped up ready to scream. Not Mama. She’s never taken her eyes off her work. ‘Jonah’s promised to quit drinking,’ she says. ‘He will one day, you’ll see,’ I know it’s important to believe in things. All the same, love makes people stupid.” (Stratton,28). In this conversation, Allan Stratton illustrates that although Mama is shown as an independent woman earlier on in the book, she is also naive and foolishly hopeful when it comes to the man she loves. Mama is willing to wait months for Jonah to get back up on his feet and make a sober arrival back home. Mama is handling this situation with Jonah really delicately even though Mama also lost a child, she is putting Jonah’s needs above her own, in the hope of him returning. With that in mind, Mama is still a strong and independent women who realised that her faith in jonah’s return became toxic