pg 583-590
1) “I have to do without when I was a kid. These kids are not going to do without. (586)”
Toni wants to give her kids the right opportunity that she didn’t have, so they would not end up in the same situation as her and her husband. She has learned from her mistake by making sure her kids will not go through the same mistake. She wants to her kids to have more opportunities that she didn’t have when she was a child, which may have caused her become in her present situation. It would make their lives easier to do anything they wanted.
2) “They are like roads, and he traces them in her flesh. (590)”
Leo and Toni sold their convertible to a man. Leo went through a lot of nervousness waiting to find out if his wife had a deal with someone. He thinks about his life and her life being together and what they have gone through together with kids, which is like a road. It has whinny roads and bumps when you don’t expect it. After awhile it all becomes better, straight, and smooth. He sees what Toni has done and thinks about the memories of the beautiful weather and good conditions on the road, the good times.
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