Home is where your heart is

"...She burst into tears and desperately wrapped her arms around him. Henry held her and told her would like nothing better than to take her with him, but...he couldn't." (128)

        Alright, so the picture I tried to draw was of Nani and Lilo from Lilo and Stich. It's from the scene when they are on the hammock and both girls are talking about family. About how Lilo misses her mom and dad, and Nani tells her that they are their own family now. They sing a song then let the flowers blow away in the wind (the flowers symbolize their parents who passed away). This reminds me of Henry and Rachel's relationship. Henry is a good man, he is Rachel's rock it seems like. He loves her even though she has this illness that causes all of society to shun you, he is a very understanding father. It is heart breaking when he finds out that she is being shipped away, that's his baby. Although I want to say the same for Rachel's mother I feel as if I cant't, she could not handle being an outcast. As for Henry it didn't matter to him, he just wanted to hug his little girl. He was thinking about her and not his reputation, I'm sure what Dorthy did had good intentions behind it but she made her daughter believe that she was abandoned. Henry never made her feel that way, to Rachel her father is hope. Him coming to visit her makes her feel so good, she has been there for two years with no visitors from her family. What I'm really trying to get at is, those big hands and small hands holding on to the flowers is basically a symbol of togetherness and hope for Rachel. No matter how far away Henry is his heart is always with his little girl, he will always find his way back to her.