Madison is one of few people who ever show Lillian genuine kindness. This is a deliberate act and shows that Lillian is disinclined to grant her mother a position of importance in her story her mother has been a source of persistent condescension. Lillian has a difficult relationship with her mother, a woman who is never named. This indicates that Lillian does not see value in her own attributes and reflects one of Lillian’s central characteristics-her extremely low self-esteem. She also mentions that she failed to inherit the good looks of her mother’s youth. Lillian avoids describing her own physical characteristics, only once mentioning that she is and has always been “soft” (97). Lillian Breaker is the story’s 28-year-old narrator and protagonist.
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