Beginning and Ending- Kiara

A Gathering Light Section 7- Close Reading

Describe what happens at the begging and at the end of the novel. Include a quote from each.

At the beginning of the book, is the death of Grace Brown. Mattie is working at Glenmore Hotel in Big Moose Lake. They discover Grace's body and they believe that the boat tipped. They haven't found Chester's body, who they believe to be is Carl Graham. They believe that Carl is dead somewhere and they just need to find him. “Mattie! Ada! Why are you standing there like a pair of jackasses?”

At the end of the book, Mattie is leaving for New York to go to university. She leaves Grace's letter on Mr Morrison's desk, she leaves some money for her father and Weavers mother, and sends her ring back to Royal and tells him to see if he can get his money back. 'To New York City. To my future. My life.'

At both the beginning and end of the book, it is still based on Grace and Mattie's life. Grace is dead at the beginning and end. Mattie is working at Big Moose Lake. Mattie still feels bad about leaving her family and at the beginning of the book she wouldn't dream of leaving them.