Saint Maybe
Saint Maybe
By: Shanna Gonzales
English 3- 4/5
December 7, 2005
Ann Tyler’s Saint Maybe is a complex work that analyzes the grieving process and the human need to reconcile for our sins or wrong doings. At the beginning of the book the Bedloe’s are described as the perfect family, much similar to that of a 50’s sitcom. Mr. Bedloe is a hard working husband and caring father. And Mrs. Bedloe is a neat cheerful wife and mother. While their children achieve average to excelling academic scores and are athletically as well as socially inclined. Their youngest child, Ian, is even described as being, “handsome and easy going, quick to make friends, fond of a good time.” But as soon after the lose of their oldest son, Danny, all of the Bedloes begin to under go personality changes related to the lose. Each family member grieves in their own way, but each follows the general process: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
In the beginning of the book, the Bedloes......
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