Nature is where Lois loses her friend, her sanity, and her innocence. Lois had many paintings in her home later in life, and ensured her apartment would be big enough for all of them. The artists which she collected “painted mostly in the twenties and thirties and forties; they painted landscapes.” (course package 3) These paintings incorporate nature and are quite significant to the story as they further explain what is going on in Lois’ mind and connects this to her past experiences at camp. We discover these paintings are a coping mechanism for Lois, and these paintings allow for her friend, Lucy, to live on and for Lois to further heal. “Everyone has to be somewhere, and this is where Lucy is. She is in Lois’s apartment, in the holes that open inwards on the wall, not like windows but like doors.” (course package 9) Lucy remains in Lois’s life through the paintings of nature, where coincidentally everything took
Nature is where Lois loses her friend, her sanity, and her innocence. Lois had many paintings in her home later in life, and ensured her apartment would be big enough for all of them. The artists which she collected “painted mostly in the twenties and thirties and forties; they painted landscapes.” (course package 3) These paintings incorporate nature and are quite significant to the story as they further explain what is going on in Lois’ mind and connects this to her past experiences at camp. We discover these paintings are a coping mechanism for Lois, and these paintings allow for her friend, Lucy, to live on and for Lois to further heal. “Everyone has to be somewhere, and this is where Lucy is. She is in Lois’s apartment, in the holes that open inwards on the wall, not like windows but like doors.” (course package 9) Lucy remains in Lois’s life through the paintings of nature, where coincidentally everything took