Firefly Lane Entry Three

Kristin Hannah is still developing the characters very well. However, the reader may begin to notice that Kate's emotions are becoming more developed. I find this interesting because I now find myself considering Kate a main character where before I considered her more of a secondary character because the author would always develop Tully more because of all the problems she had with her mom. By seeing all of the problems that Tully had with her mom and the way that she handled her mom being a drug addict I think revealed Tully as lonely and it also showed that Tully no longer believes in care and compassion in people and she is unable to show her true self because she always finds that she gets broken in the end. As you can see, some changes are taking place between these two characters, and as a reader, it is very interesting to see this friendship span from the beginning of the book when they were fourteen to now when they are out of college.

Tully recently just got dumped by her boyfriend, Chad, due to the fact that he was moving to Tennessee and wanted Tully to go with him but Tully refused because she wanted to continue working at the KILO-TV news station with Kate. Tully was an excellent reporter straight from the beginning. On one of her first television appearances as a news reporter, Tully is reporting about the Seattle SWAT team chasing a robber as he is going through a glass window. Tully ends up being hit by a gunshot and fall unconscious. Clearly, the reader can see that Tully can be viewed as a heroic person because she is willing to make sacrifices in order to follow her dreams of being a reporter with possibility of having to report a story that maybe taking place in a dangerous location. However, while she may be seen a heroic, the breakup with Chad had really impacted the view that Tully has of herself because she says to Kate "There's something missing in me...first my dad saw it. Whoever the hell he is; he must have taken one look at me and run. And let's not even discuss my loving mother. I'm...easy to leave. Why is that?" Basically, I am able to gather the impression that Tully is taking full responsibility for growing up with parents that were not helpful and supportive throughout her childhood, and is unable to understand that her parents were the ones who had problems they were not able to deal with, but it had nothing to do with her. Since Tully blames herself for her parents leaving her, I believe that this plays a significant impact on the friendships that she builds because she can never fully trust anyone because she constantly is burdened by the fact that they one day might just leave her. Can Tully ever get past this fear???

Kate who always demonstrated herself as shy decided to tell Johnny about the feelings she had for him. However, Tully keeps warning her that she could easily just be a rebound girl for him, since Johnny became disappointed that Tully did not have feelings for him. Kate is still a very uncertain girl and finds it hard to trust Johnny. What will become of this relationship??

Stay tuned for more!!!