Passage 1: From the First Fourteen Chapters “It may have been the light at 5:36 on a June evening or it may have been the smell of dust combined with sprinkler water or the sound of the neighbour kid screaming I’ll kill you but suddenly it was like I was dying, the way I missed her. Like I was swooning, like I was going to fall over and pass out. It was like being shot in the back. It was such a surprise, but not a very good one. And then it went away. The way it does it. But it exhausted me, like a seizure”. Speaker: The speaker in this passage is Nomi Nickel, the main character in A Complicated Kindness, speaking on her view of loss. Context: This passage is from Chapter 13, page 105 of A Complicated Kindness. By this point in the book, Tash, …show more content…
But then she said, "No?" No. Is it a sham? No. Is it a sham? You won’t have to apologize. That’s a good idea. That’s a good idea. Because you know what to do? I will never forgive you. Nomi will never forgive you. It would bring you so much joy, wouldn’t it, you smug monster, you. . . ask away. Apologies. I will be sorry. Forget about it. Forget about the sandbox! I wanted to tell Trudie I would forgive him, that she was wrong, and then The Mouth told his wife to go into the house and phone my dad. Tell that man to come and get his wife, he said. He told my mom his heart wept for her. Then he went into his house. I sat on the curb waiting for my dad while my mom threw rocks at her brother’s house and screamed profanities that I had never heard before”. Speaker: The speaker for this passage is again Nomi Nickel, reflecting on a tense confrontation involving her family Context: This passage happens in Chapter 17, pages 172-172 of A Complicated Kindness. It follows a heated emotional argument between Trudie and Nomi’s uncle, The Mouth.. Trudie is showing her anger and refusing to forgive, while Nomi watches the scene. This happens during a time of intense family conflict and emotional stress. Literary Significance: The passage