“Mattie could not believe she dropped the giant honey jar on the floor the moment the boss entered the kitchen after his overseas trip” (pg 184 lines 1-2).
objective tone
“The restaurant had been Good For Her in all the ways it needed to be, and she could move on” (pg 198, 406 – 407).
narrator has no feeling
Character Analysis:
Summary
Mattie
“A secret voice in her head replied, the idiot, the donkey” (pg 184 line 8)
mothers death
low self confidence
“She was feeling steadier” (pg 198 line 466).
gain in self confidence
written by Naomi Shihab Nye
Mattie, main character
mothers death
gets job at restaurant
co-workers obsessed with Johnny
Johnny's loss
love ones dishes
Johnny likes her
Mattie resigned
got over mothers death
Plot
Mattie gets job at a restaurant called "Good for you"
try to get over death
“Then he told her to show up to work the next day. That was it. No application form, no interview” (pgs 187 – 188 lines 105 – 106).
move on from death
gets over mothers death
“The restaurant had been Good For Her in all the ways it needed to be, and she could move on” (pg 198 lines 466 – 467).