Her character is illustrated through her actions, emotions, and attire. The text reveals her distress and upset following her parent’s decision to move in with the narrator’s family, and a subsequent bad experience with her teacher. She is worn out and overwhelmed due to multiple distractions.
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Amelia stood between us, wearing her plaid blue skirt and red polo. These were the days of her pixie haircut, and her bangs were hanging into her eyes. Another thing was forgotten in the drama of my parents moving in with us. Another casualty of this distraction. Haircuts. I had to keep up with the haircuts.
She looked devastated at her teacher’s criticism, and I had no opportunity to comfort or defend her. I could not promise we would practice memorizing fact families or work on value circles. I had to rush. I had to meet the two impatient people sitting in the car outside, waiting to get to chemotherapy . Those two people had never been patient.
For those two, every moment was the only moment, and all the moments — all my moments, belonged to them.
