Wednesday, November 28, 2012

"She Went By Gently" Questions


1.     The Women’s treatment of the girl and having the ability to love others just like God loves us was shown through her taking care of the girl while they were hiking through the mountains. The mother cooked for her when she needed to be fed. After dinner, she gave her a bath gently and with care by using warm olive oil and rubbing it on her body in a rhythmic way. Another special moment for Maura (mother) was when Sadie crept into her arms and told her that she had never had a mother. This moment, I think Maura realizes that she is truly a mother to Sadie in the sense that she has been caring but most of all, nurturing.

2.     I think what she means when she says, “I saved him” was that after all of the hardships they went through during their trip, he ended up changing and turning around into a giving and loving person. God wants us to be this way. In the beginning of the story, he did not really help a lot with Sadie and support his mother. I think the turn around of this was after the mother gave Sadie a bath and they crying started, he was enlightened. Frank taking the initiative to baptize Sadie was a big moment. It enabled her to stop crying but proved to be successful. This moment really shows how Frank changed and wanting to purify the little girl and give her new life.

3.     The purpose of this story is to show that people who are not necessarily loving and caring all the time can become enlightened and experience the love of God and spread it to other people. God was looking down and smiling at the women for everything she had done. She embodies who Christ is and what he wants us to do as Christians. The conveying of the women throughout the story was to show of course her love and being a mother role to the little girl. She also was influential for the son because in the middle of the story he suddenly decides to baptize Sadie. He representing her and taking on the responsibility of being a spiritual educator to her. I think it just symbolizes how much of an influence someone can have on you and that spreading the love of Christ to other people is powerful.

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