Throughout her life, Hagar has to struggle with harsh reality of her existence. As a child, she often receives cruel treatment from her brothers and her father, in the form of beatings. Hagar is also regarded a possession by her father: "It was worth every penny for the two years, you're a credit to me."(pg43) By marrying Bram, Hagar thinks she will be able to gain independence, yet instead, Bram leads Hagar to experience even more hurt and unhappiness, because he is unable to love her as much as he loved Clara- his first wife, and ruins her reputation. As her life with Bram progresses, we see Hagar waiting for a change that would bring her joy, yet only disappointments

seem to await Hagar. Her father and Matt desert her, Bram doesn't understand her, her son Marvin goes to war, even John- her favourite son to who she devoted the biggest part of her life turns out to be a deceitful, unmannered alcoholic. New disappointments don't stop arising even when Hagar is a ninety -year o!

ld woman, because now she has to struggle against her illness, and imminence of the nursing home. This causes her to escape to the Shadow Point, where once again instead of peace and happiness, she has to struggle to survive. Yet, even under these circumstances, Hagar does survive and therefore proves to the reader there's almost nothing that a person cannot endure in this world.

Considering all the physical and emotional struggles Hagar is forced to withstand, surviving spiritually is very difficult for her. Since Hagar's father always read homilies and prayers and beat his children at the same time, Hagar is unable to distinguish between good and evil and sees God as unmerciful and ignorant: "but I prayed like sixty when trouble came, as every person does, whether they'll admit it or not, just in case. But nothing ever came of it."(pg120). Due to this view of God, Hagar is unable to accept god as a part of her life, have faith in him and accept his will. This is the reason why Hagar cannot accept John's death

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