These topics concern all of the short stories featured in the book, Flowers.
Why does Roselily go through with the wedding despite having misgivings and doubts about her future?
Will Roselily find her freedom in her new life?
If Myrna did not love Mordecai why does his using and betraying her lead to her breakdown?
Why hasn't Myrna already left Ruel? Why doesn't she leave him now?
Why does the narrator tolerate Jerome's abuse and treatment of her?
Why does the narrator become obsessed with Jerome's fictitious lover and not have anger toward or threaten Jerome?
Why didn't the father follow through on his original plan to just scare his daughter into chastity with his voice or threaten her with his shotgun?
Why didn't his daughter deny she had written the letter and deny her love in order to save her life?
Why does the.....
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