Life is like a quilt How to make an American quilt shows us different stories of what some people have gone through in their life. Some can make it through, while some need to find a way to release their angry towards others. You can learn to let go of grudges, or hold on to them forever and live with the pain. When making a quilt, you have steps to go by. First, you need to determine what your quilt will look like, and then you have your scraps, thread, backing and batting. Finally, you have your finished quilt. This is the same with your life; how you approach situations along the way and make it through them. The scraps in a quilt represent the problems in your life. Although it may look bad all piled up in a basket, in the end, it will make something beautiful. For this analogy, I chose Emma, because in my opinion, I find …show more content…
Some may look at her to be one of weakest, but it all depends on your point of view. Emma was young, and beautiful; she married the man who fell in love with her every curve and flaw as he captured her beauty with just a paint brush and canvas. Starting over and over if one little detail was wrong, because he knew what he had was gold. She thought she loved him, she thought she loved all of him. As it turns out, she only loved Dean. Yes, Dean is also the artist, but once he is in the persona of his artistic mind, he is no longer the man she fell in love with. For the longest time, she lied to herself and others about Dean being unfaithful. She lied and said he was a convectional artist, not a cheater, but, so it seemed, she was the only one believing it. Eventually, she grew tired of his games, and no longer wanted to participate. With the first chance she got, she moved back in with her parents. Now, this is where the story gets debatable on whether she was weak,