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   "Then she puts the Polaroid in the back seat of the car, and comes up and kisses me on the forehead."

   Dee is meeting her mother after a long interval  and kissing her mother is perhaps her special way of bonding with her and making up to her for neglecting her all these years. Dee certainly loves her mother and wants to take back with her as many photos of her mother when she returns. She kisses her mother after the photos have been taken to thank her for allowing her to photograph her with her sister Maggie and the house.

   Most significantly,  it is also her way of seeking forgiveness for burning down the previous house: "she had hated the house that much;"  and this time also her mother thinks:"no doubt when Dee sees it she will want to tear it down." But now when she takes photographs the mother remarks:"she never takes a shot without making sure the house is included." Dee does not express any sign of hatred for the present house in which her mother and sister live on the contrary she wishes to preserve the memory of this house in the photos she will take back with her.

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   Posted by lit24 on Friday July 4, 2008 at 7:53 PM