If the theme is identified as "The relationship between parent and child is complex,"
what would a good example from the text be?
O "What are you picking on her for?" I said carelessly. “She's pretty good. Maybe she's not the
best, but she's trying hard."
O And now I realized how many people were in the audience - the whole world, it seemed. I
was aware of eyes burning into my back.
O It was not the only disappointment my mother felt in me. In the years that followed, I failed
her many times, each time asserting my will, my right to fall short of expectations.
O Waverly looked at me and shrugged her shoulders. "You aren't a genius like me," she said
matter-of-factly.
