During the beginning of the story the reader is mainly showed the life within the family and what her father was like. Emilie tells about her mother’s death and how it was her earlier memory. This being when she was only four years old and had no real idea what death was and would ask her father when her mother was going to come back. This tragic event caused the whole family to become depressed even Emilie’s father. With this death the reader is made aware just how important the mother was in raising the family and carrying out jobs around the house. The father because very stressed out being stuck with all these children around the house and not having any idea how to cope with the new responsibilities. From this point on he sees nothing wrong with death and really

Some topics in this essay:
Life Own, Jean Emilie, Throughout Carles’, Emilie Carles, Jean Carles, Emilie Carles’, family life, emilie’s father, father emilie, story reader, carles’ book,