Lily and Zach's Relationship
Lily and Zach
The relationship that Lily and Zachery have because in Southern America in the 1960s African-American and Caucasain people were nor friends neither werethey romantically involved. Their relationship began as a friendship, even though Lily had always thought that Zachery was attractive, which surprised her because she and her peers had always thought that African-Americans were unattractive. She says,”If he was shocked over me being white, I was shocked over him being handsome. At my school they made fun of coloured people's lips and noses. I had laughed myself hoping to fit in."(Kidd 116). Later on their relationship blossoms into a relationship with a little bit more romance. Lily sees past Zachery's colour and sees him as regular boy, with hopes and dreams; she begins to like him more and more, but she has difficulty coping with the fact that she and Zachery can never be in a relationship due to the difference of the colour of their skin: "It seemed like I was now thinking of Zach forty minutes out of every hour, Zach who was an impossibility" (133). Even though Lily is attracted to Zachery and vice versa, an interracial relationship is frowned upoon and Zachery knows how dangerous it can be, so they both agree to just be friends. He even gives Lily a notebook to encourage her to write, and Lily supports hm in his dream of becomng a lawyer. Zachery positively influences Lily when it is about reaching for her dreams. lily likes zachs looks and personality this makes her very special. she sees past the color of his skin and sees just a regular boy who has dreams like her . i think their view on life drew them together because they both want to see a future with no racism and neither of them agree with what is going on right now in their time.
The relationship that Lily and Zachery have because in Southern America in the 1960s African-American and Caucasain people were nor friends neither werethey romantically involved. Their relationship began as a friendship, even though Lily had always thought that Zachery was attractive, which surprised her because she and her peers had always thought that African-Americans were unattractive. She says,”If he was shocked over me being white, I was shocked over him being handsome. At my school they made fun of coloured people's lips and noses. I had laughed myself hoping to fit in."(Kidd 116). Later on their relationship blossoms into a relationship with a little bit more romance. Lily sees past Zachery's colour and sees him as regular boy, with hopes and dreams; she begins to like him more and more, but she has difficulty coping with the fact that she and Zachery can never be in a relationship due to the difference of the colour of their skin: "It seemed like I was now thinking of Zach forty minutes out of every hour, Zach who was an impossibility" (133). Even though Lily is attracted to Zachery and vice versa, an interracial relationship is frowned upoon and Zachery knows how dangerous it can be, so they both agree to just be friends. He even gives Lily a notebook to encourage her to write, and Lily supports hm in his dream of becomng a lawyer. Zachery positively influences Lily when it is about reaching for her dreams. lily likes zachs looks and personality this makes her very special. she sees past the color of his skin and sees just a regular boy who has dreams like her . i think their view on life drew them together because they both want to see a future with no racism and neither of them agree with what is going on right now in their time.