I have noticed that the stories are starting to use some of the same themes or objects in each story. One in particular is when Mrs. Brown was making a cake for her husband and wanted to make it perfect. She was putting icing on it then she put yellow flowers around the edges then she put Happy Birthday Dan on the cake but she became very frustrated because the "n" on the name Dan got squished on the side of the flower and looked bad. Then when Virginia had her nephews and niece over they had found a dead bird. They decided to make a bow to let it die in and they put grass in the bottom of it (like frosting on a cake) then the niece wanted to put red roses around the outside first and Virginia asked if it would be better to but the bird in first then the flowers but the niece said no. S

Basically, the second third of the story has been very interesting. I read about new characters and started learning more about what each character was thinking and feeling inside rather than just who they were. Virginia is an older woman who is not happy with her life and wants it to be more perfect, Clarissa wants Richard to love only her but he will not, and Mrs. Brown is totally confused with her life mainly because she is pregnant. I can not wait to read the last part and see how all of these people's lives tie together!

o that was a pretty big coincidence between the two stories. Then in Mrs. Brown story she made a reference to Virginia about how she put rocks in her pockets and drowned herself. That was out of no where, well at least to me, so I did not get that part.

All of the women in the stories seem to be getting a little strange to me. Virginia keeps talking about how she should treat her servants and how she will make Clarissa in her book do everything she is not capable of doing. She even wanted her sister to name her next child Clarissa! So that whole ordeal was different because she wanted to be perfect s

Some common words found in the essay are:
Birthday Dan, Richard Richard, , Kitty Basically, Clarissa Richard, little strange, kissing friend,
Approximate Word count = 774
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)