Ending of Farming of Bones

Towards the end of the novel, several important themes become evident. The theme if memory is an ongoing theme throughout the book. We also see the theme of masks in several of the chapters. In chapter 21, Amabelle reminisces on a moment she shard with her father. He said, "A fanal, a lantern, is like a kite. A kite that glows but does not fly." She asks her dad to make her a lantern of his face so that she can carry him with her but he declines, saying that it would be too vein. In chapter 25, Amabelle has a dream about her parents, and they are taken away by the storm. She wakes up reaching in front of her, trying to reach out for her parents. It is apparent in this chapter that she is dealing with an inner struggle with the loss of her parents.  I think the theme of memory and masks are very important in this chapter because it is trying to explain that sometimes memories are not always pleasant. Some of them are harsh, and some of them transform over time. My favorite chapter to read was chapter 23. We see the theme of masks play a big role in this chapter when Amabelle has a dream about the Sugar Woman. Amabelle describes the Sugar Woman as a woman dressed in a long, three-teired ruffled gown, with a collar around her neck. She wears a shiny silver muzzle around her face so that she would not eat the sugarcane. This chapter is very interesting to me because I could not seem to wrap my mind around this "Sugar Woman".  Although she is just a figment of Amabelle's imagination, she represents something that Amabelle is afraid of-herself. I believe that Amabelle sees the Sugar Woman as herself in the events she is faced with in her life, or she sees her as a representation of a past lover of Sebastian. Either way, they are both unsettling representations that Amabelle has conjured up in her dreams. I have enjoyed this book, I think it has been a lot easier and more enjoyable than the other books we have read so far.