Blog Post 2: Love and Motherhood

In Salvage the Bones, Ward used the theme of love to introduce the relationships of each character. Skeetah,Randle,Junior and Esche all have a close nurturing connection with one another. The union started to develop after the passing of her mother while giving birth to junior. They all look out for on another and fill the void that there mother left behind. Randell helps clean the cut on Esche hand just like mama, and Esche uses vocabulary that was said by mama like the word "ordinary" on Junior. Which he mistook as the word "horny". Motherly themes of love echoe the pages of Chapter one and two. We have the relationship between the pregnant dog China and care taker Skeetah. China is in the process of delivering her first set of puppies and Skeetah is the only person China let's close to. The bound of Skeetah and China is something of complexity. To different species sharing a supportive based partnership  during the procedure of birth. Motherhood plays an important role later on in chapter two. Esche wants to be sensational like the women from her mythology. She wants to garner the attention of the young man named Manny. Who she feels isn't really getting her advances. She wants to build a stronger relationship with this person. While she has had plenty of sex, she doesn't feel satisfied, because of how hollow the circumstance turned out to be. Esche learns that through circumstances she becomes pregnant. "Something is actually living inside her" she states. Which closes out the chapter, introducing a whole new dynamic of love to the story. Hopefully we will see the strengthening of this family as the story progresses. Dad is preparing for a Hurricane, a weather anomaly that will test the love of these characters. Pregnancy is a big deal in the south, it's almost like a passage to adulthood. No longer will Esche love just herself but, now she has to keep in mind the well being of her own blood.