Jean Moffitt through different tests in her life before she can find her freedom. Mason

introduces us to a character who yearns to be free from her husband and mother.

Throughout Norma Jean's life she has dealt with many difficult and trying times that

sometimes may not make sense to her and finally this thirty-four-year-old woman is ready

to spread her wings; fly away and see what it is like to be free.

Throughout the story, Norma Jean's desire to be free is evident in tasks that she is

taking on that she would not normally do, leaving her mother and husband blind to the

fact that change is coming. Norma begins taking a bodybuilding class, an English

composition class and a course in cooking exotic foods. These changes in Norma's life

are evident to the reader that she is trying to rediscover herself and find her sense of

identity. Her husband Leroy takes notice late in the story to this situation and does not

understand why she is going through all of these classes. In a conversation with Mabel,

space brings Norma down but does lift her up and she realizes that something needs to

questioned by her mother? It is at the end of the story that a decision to leave is finally

Leroy and mother Mabel hold her back. Norma is tired of living a sheltered and

left her husband that day at Shiloh and nothing could stop her.

anything yet, nor have they seen anything ever. They have been blind to her happiness all

a new world of freedom where she can carry out her dreams.

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Approximate Word count = 780
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)