The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor (Pages 201-228)

SUMMARY:
From pages 201-228, it's part 5 and 6 of the book which also meant the end. Part 5 begins with Lucy's dad's death and it had been a year. Lucy learned to love her dad again even though he passed away, and she forgives herself for the unspoken reaproah of her to her dad. Lucy kept some of the things that belonged to her dad like his watch and wedding ring. She gave the clothes to a woman that collect it for charity in Enniseala. Henry and Bridget, who Lucy lived with since she was a child, understand how Lucy's life had changed, they didn't force Lucy to do anything. It was time for Lucy to move on so she tool her part in the house again.
Lucy didn't forget her dad's wish which was to go visit her mother's grave. Lucy did so and she looked at the picture of her mom, trying to remember and recognized her. Lucy knelt and prayed to her mom. Lucy went to the places she went with her dad, and she reread all the letters that Ralph had sent her. Through the reading of the letters, she felt the love that affected her. She realized a lot of thing s changed in her life and in Ralph's. Ralph got his own family, even if he still love Lucy, it didn't make a difference. Lucy also knew she changed as a person, more mature and wiser. She wrapped everything up and knew it was all in the passed. Lucy moved out and lived by herself. She reminisced her life as a kid and everything that happened.
QUOTES:
"He has smiled through this acceptance of nature's strict economy and she has too, keeping company with him in his dismissal of morbid anticipation, remembering him he had been while she made the slow jouney of loving him again, forgiven for her unspoken reaproaches"(Trevor 201).
"Lucy watched the child pass beneath it, then rooted in her purse for a threepenny piece in the case she forgot later"(Trevor 208).
REACTION:
The first quote I chose was from the beginning of part 5. This was when Lucy unpacked some of her dad's belongings after a year of his funeral. She learned to love him again and accept him in her life as "dad". I think Lucy regrets what she done in her childhood but she also learned to forgive herself. I can tell that she respect her dad because before her dad died, he said he wished that Lucy would visit her mom's grave. Lucy did as he wished and went.
The second quote I chose was when Lucy was in the hotel and a child brought her tea. This sentence shows me how Lucy is no longer a kid like she was from the beginning of the story. She is a young woman now and she got her own money and life. Many things have changed in her life and when she was a kid, she lived with Henry and Bridget which played a role like her parents. She never knew she could meet her dad again but she did and even though she and her dad didn't rekendle their connection much before he passed away, Lucy learned to love him.
In the sencond quote, why is "threepenny" one word?
Through out the whole story, Lucy shows that she changed from a little kid into a young girl and had a crush on the boy named Ralph. The she became more mature and she was compared to have the spitting image of her mom. Lucy learned how Ralph and her became different people and had different lives so they couldn't maintain their relationship. Lucy learns to accept her dad to come back into her life and then she becomes an independent woman and lived on her own. She didn't need anyone's help but her own.