Insanity, what does it truly mean. Well technically the definition is "a deranged state of the mindusually occurring as a specific disorder". They say that some of the smartest people in the world have been called insane but to get specific they really aren't. I think people confuse and think that when you're brave enough to explore what you're curious about as being insane. Instead of having a mental or physical disability that deprives you of functioning correctly. That is what Jessie is struggling with truly understanding what is going up with her mother, whether it is emotionally or actually mentally or physically.
When Jessie is told that her mother cut off two of her fingers on purpose, and that she needed to come visit her mother before anything got too serious. Jessie doesn't understand why her mother would do this. She makes up her mind that she is insane but she really isn't convinced with that statement. There is something more, and although she doesn't think it was a symptom of trauma from her father's death years before but, it really maybe that she is not ready to deal with her mother breaking down because if her father. It would be like losing them both and Jessie isn't ready for that either.
I really like how instead of starting your blog with details from the book, but with a definition, and going deep into it and relating the idea of insanity to the text and what being insane means. When Jessie heard about her mother's absurd actions, she thinks her mother is insane because no normal person would cut off their fingers for their own amusement unless theyre mentally unstable, but really, her mother just cant handle her husbands death. I think anyone would go mad if something as traumatizing as an unexpected accident or death occurred, and that adds to your introduction. Good idea/post!
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