06-06-2014, 05:03 PM
(06-06-2014, 04:47 PM)Hexadecimal Wrote: It never indicated that the boy came back to visit her; it just seemed like he peaced out. Also keep in mind both kids ended up leaving at pretty darn young ages. The girl is understandable since she did it for school, but the boy was selfish and left without even saying goodbye. I honestly thought the mom was dead after she fell.
I just thought it was such a shame she had to throw away all that hard work she put into schooling just to raise kids, who barely did anything to help her, even when they were old enough. We never saw them doing any chores. I genuinely hope the daughter at least visited her mother on holidays and such.
If the mother had kept the boy from doing what he truly desired for her own sake, that would be selfish, not the other way around. Once he saved her after she fell unconscious, both had come to accept each other, including the mother's acceptance of what the boy wanted to do and take more so what his father stood for.
Again, saying that "all her hard work was thrown away" is really undermining her parenting and effect on them in the story. Just because it's not explicitly stated does not mean she will not visit as the love between the two still remains. Same with the son, who is probably the closest to her out of the two. Nature involves all species, including humans and as you can see from the last interaction, he will always be up there looking over her and everything else of the land as long as he's there (which was signified with the howl at the very end).