2A. <Tab/>The theme of this book and life is love. The theme develops as the main character uncovers that the only time she has been truly happy is in the presence of one particular person. She learns that her actual feelings were disguised most of her life, and she can only remember a few times when she felt an impulse purely driven from emotional instinct. As the story advances, her …showed first 75 words of 788 total…

…showed last 75 words of 788 total…her late twenties is a static character for the most part. She does not change her mindset for anyone. She does the things she wants to do, at the time she wants, at the location she wants. At the end of the story, she suddenly became a dynamic character because she recognized that her children's feelings are more important than her own. Edna let go of her happiness for the her happiness in her children.