What Is Melinda's Attitude Toward Her Mother

I dislike this passage, as I feel anger building inside me towards Melinda’s mother and commiseration towards Melinda. I cannot understand why her mother would think as if she understands everything about Melinda and actually not realize what is happening to her. One thing I noticed from this passage is the room in her mother’s heart towards Melinda’s mental conditions. It seems that her mother thinks that suicide and mental bullying are no concerns of Melinda’s and no such thing would have happen to her daughter. Another thing I noticed was that Melinda is actually fighting against her mother by a powerful weapon of locking her mouth shut– it bugs her mother as she does not want to admit that Melinda did not trust her. The passage takes place at Melinda’s house in the morning while the family (Melinda,
This point of view tells us what Melinda is thinking about. In this case, her reckless tone tells us that she somewhat felt despair in terms of finding someone who could help save her. From the words used and the way it is written, I could imagine Melinda ducking her head and trying to hold on to herself while things from her mother are thrown at. Her mother on the other hand would be contracting her brows into a frown, seeing the matter irritating. The whole scene tastes bitter – a daughter shouting SOS and a mother not responding to it. Additionally, the ‘books’ that her mother pushes Melinda to read symbolizes one significant thing. That is, one-sidedness. A book contains a lot of information – mostly the position of a person towards a matter, their opinions, or just plain facts. They are valuable in the way that they inform us, but there is a feature that it only provides information one-sidedly and would not listen to what we would say. The same goes with her mother. She would not listen to what her daughter wants her to know, but rather give books in a one-way