Response 2 and Paper Ideas

Ok, so first and foremost, I would like to point out that Clarissa can eat it. She is so full of crap and right now I don’t think I can put up with her. She did exactly what she hated her mother for! They both are pathetic people who run away from their problems and can’t deal with reality.
Now that I have shown my extreme dislike for Clarissa and her mother Olivia, I’m going to try to take the time to understand their side. It had to be horrible for Clarissa to finally meet her mother and have Olivia not care whatsoever what has happened in her past. I understand Olivia felt grief and repeatedly told Clarissa that she couldn’t understand, but she seemed to care less that Robert had passed away or how Jeremy is doing. That would be the worst feeling in the world having my mother, the woman I look up to, the person I want to be like, just tell me to get out of here. She has no interest in her child.
Like her mother, Clarissa ran from her problems at home and left the people who love her. However, unlike her mother, Clarissa tried to fix the problems of her past; she wanted to figure things out and possibly accept it. Olivia simply left to get away from her past. I think it is crazy how in the end Anna Kristine’s son is the father. I guess now that I know, I can see the connection and should have seen it coming. However, I really am a hopeless romantic and had high hopes for something developing between Henrik and Clarissa, but with Anna’s son being the father it shot that down.
In the end, they both let the northern lights erase their name. They both ran away to the icy areas, each with different intent. Olivia went there with the intention to be rid of her past and erase her name. Now she is a new person with a different life; the life she wanted. Clarissa went there hoping to figure out her past and once she discovered her life she wanted to be rid of it as well. She erased her name and started over. They both ran from their problems and didn’t care if they hurt the people who love them. I figure if you love someone enough, their past won’t matter, so Clarissa should have gone back to Pankaj. I feel like he loved her enough to stay with her because of love and not because he felt obligated. The only small amount of respect I have for Clarissa is the fact she cares for her daughter and in that part of her life she is different from her mother. I am glad she found happiness and has stopped running. I really hope Pankaj honestly does get to meet his daughter someday.

For my paper, I will be writing from a different characters point of view for the novel. I’m not exactly sure which character’s perspective I will write from yet. I could take the easy way out and choose Pankaj, Olivia, or any other main character, but I want to do something different. I think it would be interesting to jump inside Jeremy’s head and see how he feels about the whole situation. Starting with his father’s death and how everyone treats him, leading to his sister’s disappearance and eventual phone call ending in harsh words. I think Clarissa contacts him once she starts her new life as well, so that can add to it. If not that path, I think it would be interesting to watch the story from Robert’s point of view. I don’t know if this is as logical, but it would be him watching from above; Robert would narrate Clarissa’s life and talk his way though her decisions and how he feels through this whole ordeal. He truly loves Clarissa and wishes to be her father. Overall, I’m not 100% sure which route I will be going, but I’m sure it will fall into place.