"Obviously the hand-holding shadows she had seen on the road were not Paul D, Denver, and herself, but "us three." The three holding on to each other skating the night before; the three sipping flavored milk."(214)
When analyzing this specific quote, as a person I can see that for the most part, these are one of the few moments that will not be able to ever replace. These moments are ones that feel as though they need to last for a lifetime. At that specific time, everything seems to stop and it also seems too perfect to be true. Life is built upon the small memories and those memories then seem to make up the bigger picture. At that moment, the feelings of being satisfied and feeling of calmness, makes me personally feel relieved from stress. Life just seems to be stopping for a short amount of time, then suddenly keep going.
This pattern of how life works, makes Sethe, Denver and Paul all just stop for a moment and open their eyes to see the reality of how far they all have come. They also then see that the differences between them have now all come together in one place. It is almost a picture perfect moment, because of all the misfortune lanes they have taken. The misfortune may destroy some relationships or like in this case, take a longer time than usual to get on the same path and actually bring them together to remind them that there will be some relief when least expected.
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