Mango Shaped Space Relationships

Relationships are one of the biggest essentials in the quilt of shared humanity. Humans desire relationships with other humans. When they have a close bond with another person they start to involve other humans in their life. The novel A Mango Shaped Space demonstrates a strong relationship between humans. Mia Winchell is a teenage girl who has an ability that is unlike anyone else that she knows. Mia sees colors with every sound, object, word, and letter. Nobody knows about Mia’s condition and she’s doesn’t want anyone to find out. Mia even disguises this condition from her best friend Jenna. Mia and Jenna have had a tight bond since they met at five years old. The girls spend the majority of their time together exploring anywhere
and anything. Mia and Jenna become even closer when the both of them experience deaths in their lives. Jenna lost her mother and Mia lost her grandfather. These loses bring the girls closer together than ever before. Both girls can talk about what they are feeling and understand each other. The friendship that the girls share is a close relationship that helps each other keep a sturdy life. A quote to show the tight relationship behind Mia and Jenna is, “My best friend, Jenna Davis, as we climb farther down into the steep, parched ravine. We've been inseparable since we were five and her mother brought her to my house to play”(Mass, 5). In this quote, Mia describes how her and Jenna have had a tight relationship since the first day that the met. Having a close relationship with another human being is an insurance that there will be someone in their life whenever they are in need. Human beings typically have close relationships with other humans who are like them. Although in order to define themselves, humans must chose to accept certain beliefs and ways into their life. These ways of life and beliefs are called morality.