To understand the relationship of the two women, one must know something about their different personalities first. Ginny is only two years older than Rose, but it often seems that Rose is older than Ginny. Rose's battles with her abusive husband Pete, especially times when she openly defies him, demonstrate her strong-will. She knows that Pete beating her up is wrong, and she isn't afraid of letting him know how she feels. Ginny would ask, " 'What kind of life do you have now?' And she would reply, 'One with self-respect, at least.'" (141) However, Rose also has a deceptive appearance. She is actually more conniving and envious than she seems, an

The climax of Ginny's hatred and jealousy towards Rose was probably when she discovered that Rose had stolen Jess away from her. She was bitter about her sister and Jess being lovers, thinking, "If they thought about me, it would be to plan some little kindness that they thought I needed, that would remind me yet again of who was who and what was what." (310) Her resentment caused her to feel as both of them were ganging up on her. At that time, Ginny hated Rose even more than she thought possible, and started plotting ways to kill her. While planning for ways to inject the poison into Rose's daily food or routine, she relished "this deliberate savoring of each step, the assembly of each element, the contemplation of how death would be created, how a path of intentional circumstances paralleling and mimicking accidental circumstances would be set out upon." (312) Her enjoyment of planning to kill her very own flesh-and-blood sister depicted the degree of which her hatred had gotten to. Deep down, Ginny probably still loves Rose as a sister, but the hatred and jealousy that was boiling within overpowered her.

Ginny and Rose share a deep love for each other. Although the former is more giving and gentler than the latter, who is filled with bitterness and spit, both of them can feel deep strains of hatred and jealousy within. Through A Thousand Acres, we see that, balanced precariously on a fine line, a sisterly bond can be one of the deepest and most emotional connections that humans possess.

Ginny is a very loving woman - she loves Rose, she loves (or loved) Ty, and she fell in love with Jess. It's undeniable that she loves Rose as a sister, but there are times when she is intensely jealous of Rose, and doesn't admit it. "All my tissues hurt when I saw them, when I saw Rose with them, as if my capillaries were carrying acid into the furthest reaches of my system." (8) Here, Ginny was referring to the few months after Linda, Rose's second child, was born. She herself

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