White Oleander Book Analysis

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needs but she feels guilty again, she feels like she is using Claire, like she doesn't deserve all the love Claire gives her.

The next main theme in my opinion is fear. In the beginning of the book Astrid is always afraid that her mother will leave her. When Ingrid goes out, Astrid stays up and waits for her to come back. She can't fall asleep before she hears her mother's key in the lock. She has never told Ingrid that she wished she had a dad because she is afraid that she would fly away and Astrid would have to go to a foster home. When Ingrid goes to prison, Astrid doesn't want to visit her at first because she is scared that her mother blames her for not being able to prevent it, for not doing anything to help her to go out of the prison. When Astrid moves in with the Richards family she hides the letters from her mother to Claire because she is scared that she will lose Claire. Later in the book, Astrid is placed in MacLaren Children's Center and she gets really close with ...

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