Characterization

Characterization is the method the author uses to describe the character. The author uses flashbacks to describe Lily Owens. The author takes you back to the time when lily killed her mother. without these flashbacks, you would have never known what this girl has to go through everyday. "What i know about myself. She was all i wanted. And i took her away." this was said after a flashback of her killing her mother. Without this flashback and quote. You would never understand why and how T Ray was so mean, or why lily was very different from the other girls. Lily never had a mom when she needed one, but the author shows through Lily's reactions towards Rosaleen that she is her mother figure. Throughout the story, the same flashback repeats itself, it just becomes more vivid, and as you learn more about lily and Lily learns more about herself, the flashback is full and u know exactly what happened on the day she killed her mother.