The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter: Literature Analysis
By:Nyanna Pepper
The book I decided to read was The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. I chosed this book because it demonstrated real life situations, teaching us lessons that 9th graders can use in their later future while creating fascinating storyline to keep the story entertaining. This story is about a couple who had a twins but one came with down syndrome. So the husband who is also delivering the babies decided to send the baby away before the gas on his wife wore off. He had the nurse take the baby girl to a institution, but instead she kept the baby left the city and raised the child as her own. In my opinion i would highly recommend this book for 9th graders to read, it has …show more content…
The overall internal conflicts were David struggling with keeping in his secret, Norah dealing with her depression and Caroline trying to cope with herself. David has this guilty conscience on his soul and distances himself away from everyone. This effected his son and father relationship, as well as his marriage. Norah who is in a deep depression and is stuck on the past is always optimistic. She always worried about the past and stuck on the “what ifs” in her life. Her life has been downhill since her husband pronounced her daughter as “dead” at birth and the many hidden affairs she engaged in. The problem Caroline has is dealing with her personal self. She has trouble coping with herself feeling that she caused all the hectic issues on David’s family without them even knowing. Even though she felt that pain she always had difficulties of believing in herself and her abilities. But in the book she began to grow a strong women, but after David died she realized that she wasn't as strong and powerful as she claimed herself to be. Within the story there are few external conflicts but they did still occur. The biggest external conflict was for Caroline, she had many problems with the weather or financial issues. Phoebe needed a lot of medical care and the best education so Caroline had paid for what she thought was the best. This unfortunately put her in a financial struggle especially when she only had one job with low
By:Nyanna Pepper
The book I decided to read was The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. I chosed this book because it demonstrated real life situations, teaching us lessons that 9th graders can use in their later future while creating fascinating storyline to keep the story entertaining. This story is about a couple who had a twins but one came with down syndrome. So the husband who is also delivering the babies decided to send the baby away before the gas on his wife wore off. He had the nurse take the baby girl to a institution, but instead she kept the baby left the city and raised the child as her own. In my opinion i would highly recommend this book for 9th graders to read, it has …show more content…
The overall internal conflicts were David struggling with keeping in his secret, Norah dealing with her depression and Caroline trying to cope with herself. David has this guilty conscience on his soul and distances himself away from everyone. This effected his son and father relationship, as well as his marriage. Norah who is in a deep depression and is stuck on the past is always optimistic. She always worried about the past and stuck on the “what ifs” in her life. Her life has been downhill since her husband pronounced her daughter as “dead” at birth and the many hidden affairs she engaged in. The problem Caroline has is dealing with her personal self. She has trouble coping with herself feeling that she caused all the hectic issues on David’s family without them even knowing. Even though she felt that pain she always had difficulties of believing in herself and her abilities. But in the book she began to grow a strong women, but after David died she realized that she wasn't as strong and powerful as she claimed herself to be. Within the story there are few external conflicts but they did still occur. The biggest external conflict was for Caroline, she had many problems with the weather or financial issues. Phoebe needed a lot of medical care and the best education so Caroline had paid for what she thought was the best. This unfortunately put her in a financial struggle especially when she only had one job with low