The book “Missing May” written by Cyntia Rylant, talks about a girl named summer. Since her parents died she was an orphan, and nobody really wanted to care for her, because they think she is too much work. But one day when relatives were caring for her, some relatives came from somewhere else, they said they would take her. When they got to their house, May and Ob let her eat anything and cared for her. But a couple years later, May died, and it was just Ob and Summer. Summer went to school alone now, and then one day Ob meets Cletus. They become good friends, and see each other every day. But one day Ob gets sick, and so they stay home, but when Cletus comes he is happy. Cletus says he talked to his grandpa who had died, and Ob is suprised, then he asks if he could try to talk to May but it doesn’t work. A few days later Cletus hears about a church who can talk to the dead. They go to see it, but only to find that he has died, and no one can do it anymore. They leave and miss the capital building which they were gonna do, but then they go back, and look at it in happiness. Going back home, Summer cries, because she remembers May, and how tuff it was without her.
Ob never gave up, when he tried to talk to May, because he believed in angels, and spirits. He never gave up when Cletus couldn’t do it. While they were standing at the funeral place, and once Ob heard that he talked to his grandpa, he said he went to Heaven and came back to Earth. But after trying again and again, he still didn’t give up, after he heard of a priest that could talk to he, he decided to try to take the long trip, and even lied to Cletus’s parents, about going to the state building, just to see the Priest, but once he heard about he died he gave up for all. But on the way back, he remembers that it is just not talking to her but loving her, and remembering her in his heart. So he turned back and went to the capitol building so they could see nice stuff, and they had fun together. Even when they got home, Summer sees an owl, and she remembers May, and she understands now Ob feels, and why he never gave up on trying to talk to May. This is how Ob never gave up, trying to see May.
Griefing is when you are sad for something or someone, and it is natural, and it happens a lot, like if someone died that you know, this was just like Ob and Summer, they grieved about the death of May. When May died, Summer thought she was gonna be left alone, because she thought that Ob would kill himself to be with his wife, but he didn’t instead he stayed and protected Summer, even though he was grieving. Also another sign that he was grieving a lot is when Cletus couldn’t talk to May, and he knew that he would never be able to see her again. Another sign that he was grieving and he thought all hope was lost, is when the priest had died a couple of months ago, and he was grieving in the car, but then noticed what he should truly do, and take care of Summer. Summer has also grieved when during the end, she saw the owl, she was crying, and she remembered May, and how kind she was. This is how there was griefing in the story for Ob and Summer.
Family is an important theme to remember about, because in the story Summer never has a family, because no one cares for her, and they dislike her. Her parents had also died, when she was only a baby, and so it was hard for her, but May and Ob decided to adopt her, and take her into the family. Family is an important thing to know, because they all care for you, no matter what you do, they will be your family. Also if you get lost, they will always try to find you, like what Ob and May did. Summer felt lost in the family, but because they are relatives, Ob and May took Summer as a family member. Also Ob loved May and would do anything for her, even though they had something opposite, like Ob didn’t like bats, but May did. When May died, Ob would have done anything just to talk to her once more, that is what family is supposed to do, do anything to see each other again when they are lost. This is the true meaning of family, and how they use it in the story.
The story Missing May talks about Summer who is passed from family to family, who neglects her because her parents died and they think it is too much work. Soon Ob and May see her and they take her in, but one day May dies in her garden. Ob is filled with grief, and so is summer. Ob tries everything to talk to her, like using a young man who they become friends with, Cletus, to try to talk to her, because he had talked to his dead grandpa before. He also tries going to the priest who can talk to the dead, but he is dead so he gives up, but then notices what to do, they go to the capitol building. In the story On never gives up, even when he is in his down time, Ike when he can’t talk to May with Cletus, he goes to a priest. Even though he was dead, he never lost hope, because they went to the capitol building. But in the story there was a lot of grieving, like Ob and Summer, grieved about May deaths. Lastly Family was important in the family, because when May and Ob saw Summer, they knew they had to take her in as family. Kissing May is a sad but fun story to read, because it shows many relations that you can see in the story.
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