Brittanee Schaible
9/26/13
Full Body Burden Chapter 8
In the chapter What Lies Beneath, one interesting quote particularly stood out to me. During Kris’s reuniting with her father at Starbucks he begins to tell her a story. Explaining to Kris about a woman who made him drive 40 minutes away, he states that the woman said “...take me back” (312). At first as her father’s story came to an end I was confused on multiple accounts. First, I was unsure of why her father, after not seeing his daughter for so long, would bring up such an odd story. Secondly, I began to wonder why Kristen Iversen included this in her memoir. After thinking for a few minutes, I realized that most authors include strange things in their stories or books for a reason. To get the reader questioning and thinking for answers. No doubt, Kristen included this in her memoir because she came to a point where she understood that her father had a deeper meaning to his story. Kris‘ father brought up this story as a way of admitting to her that he was sorry. He was sorry for all the time he was not there. Sorry for not showing as much affection as he could throughout her childhood. When the woman said “Take me back”, Kris’s father was also taken back. He finally came to say sorry...”it’s the first time he’s ever apologized to me for anything” (311).
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