New Beginnings Short Story

In my story, “New Beginnings”, it talks about how Lily, in this case Carrie had a hard life. First of all her dear mother died, she did not have a fatherly figure, and she was bullied in school. Not many people had a true love for her so she ran away. Her father did not pay much attention in how much love he showed her. “I’d been kneeling on grits since I was six, but still I never got used to that powdered-glass feeling beneath my skin. I walked toward the them with those tiny feather steps you expect of a girl in Japan, and lowered myself to the floor, determined not to cry, but the sting was already gathering in my eyes. T. Ray sat in a chair and cleaned his nails with a pocketknife. I swayed from knee to knee, hoping for a second or two of relief, but the pain cut deep into my skin.” (Kidd 24) His ignorance made her felt as if she was not appreciated.
“He did not care that I wore clothes I made for myself in home economics class, cotton print shirtwaists with crooked zippers and skirts hanging below my knees, outfits only the Pentecostal girls wore. I might as well have worn a sign on my back: I am not popular and never will be…There was nothing I hated worse than clumps of whispering girls who got quit when I passed” (Kidd 8-9) This made her feel dumb and alone, in the long term aiding to her running away. When August, or Ruth, took her in she felt as if she had a loving place where she felt as if she was at home. “Well, you can stay here till you figure out what to do. We can’t have you living on the side of the road.” (Kidd 72) When August welcomed them into their home she really meant it. She wanted to help give them a new