In her novel, E. Lockhart uses the abundance of interior conflict to reveal the theme of power. In chapter 63, you see Penny complaining to Candence about how she shouldn't have said the house was too big for the two of them. " Why didn't you back me with your grandfather? Do you want us to lose this house?"
"We don't need it."
"I picked the paint, the tiles. I hung the flag from the porch."
"It's five bedrooms."
"We thought we'd have a bigger family." Mummy's face got tight. "But it didn't work out that way. That doesn’t mean I don’t deserve the house."
"Mirren and those guys could use the room."
"This is MY house. You can't expect me to give it up because Bess had too many children and left her husband. You can't think it's okay for her
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We have everything. The only person who used the family's money for charity was Gran. Now she's gone and all anyone's worried about is her pearls and her ornaments and her real estate. Nobody is trying to use their money for good. Nobody is trying to make the world any better."
Mummy stood up. You're filled with superiority, aren't you? You think you understand the world so much better than I do. I heard Gat talking, I've seen you eating up his words like ice cream off a spoon. But you haven't paid bills, you haven't had a family, owned property, seen the world. You have no idea what you're talking about, and yet you do nothing but pass judgement.
" You're ripping up this family because you think you deserve the prettiest house."
Mummy walked to the foot of the stairs. " You go back to Clairmont tomorrow. You tell Granddad how much you love Windemere. Tell him you want to raise your own kids spending summer here. You tell him." The fight between Candence and her mother of the who deserved the bigger house shows how much the mothers are willing to flatter their father just for him to give them the power of owning the whole private island. Even if the house may be too big for them, they'll still lie to make them sound grateful of what he's done for their