hite, rose, or purple flowers and whorled leaves. White Oleander by Janet Fitch is about the

weakness of love, the unsteadyness and untrustworthyness, and the disease of love that has come

to run and ruin Astrid's life. This is a story of emotions and a mother and daughter. California is a

constant in this novel. The white oleander's were the poison of love.

Ingrid is Astrid's mother. She is a bitter poet. If the world does not go her way she will

imagine it to be the what she desires. "Beauty is my mother's law, her religion. You could do

anything you wanted, as long as you were beautiful, as long as you did things beautifully. If you

weren't, you just didn't exist. She had drummed it into my head since I was small. Although I had

noticed by now that reality didn't always conform to my mother's ideas."She reads poetry in a

certain coffeehouse every weak where she attracts many men. "Only peons make excuses for

themselves, she taught me. Never apologize, never explain."(Astrid) As you cn seee Ingrid was a

character who though very highly of herself, and mostly only herself. Ingrid could never th

to talk some sense into her. Starr came back, Astrid tried to get out the window. Starr shot her in

hypnotic voice. Barry got his book signed and asked for a date. She said no and went on a date

was going to become her bible, her religion. The least she could ask of herself was to survive.

her words rising in air wold be as far away as Saturn." Astrid thought her mother was

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Approximate Word count = 1552
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)