1. Loving Nola: An analysis of Mr
... , "she believed Nola preferred to be alone with her" (171). By going shopping with Nola, Mrs. Dietrich is able to watch her daughter grow up as she moves through the mall. She feels she has missed so much when she looks at Nola, " and without their help she matured into a girl of considerable beauty" (173) from this "plain, rather chunky, unhappy ... longer recognizes. At lunch, Nola blatantly disrespects her mother and father, expressing to her mother how spending time with her is exhausting and cursing her father. Before they leave the mall, Mrs. Dietrich sees Nola in a store looking a...
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