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« on: April 25, 2008, 02:57:01 PM »
I only saw early 1897 recently. (Thanks Lydia) The whole family was nasty. I didn't expect it, since before this, my tapes had begun in the middle of Laura and went all the way to trhe end of 1897. I had poor, poor Judith who had great difficulty speaking up for herself, in my head, the one I was rooting for at the end. Judith's standing up for herself for the first time in her life! Whoops.....
I could point to life-changing moments to try to explain the change, I guess. Many people believe devoutly in religion without being nice people, so she helped Trask out after the fire, then out of the blue he expresses affection for her, and she respects perceived authority figures, especialy religious ones, so she believes him. She's starved for real affection to the point where it's warped her somewhat, so she falls right into love and starts thawing out. Maybe once the layers of emotional cynicism and crud are bypassed by something like this, childlike innocence starts appearing, which was buried until then under the crud. Then more naivete and vulnerability. Perhaps love (or one of the many different nameless states people mistake for love) is her kryptonite. Red's the kind that takes away powers, right? Or is that gold?
I wonder if Judith became her hard old self after we leave 1897.