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59 \what is?\
60 \you and me.\
61 \what?\
62 \being together.\
63 \being together how?\
64 \the two of us, like this — \
65 \but were hardly ever together, nola,\ mrs. dietrich says.
66 her expression is calm but her voice is shaking. nola turns away,
covering her face with a hand; for a moment she looks years older
than her age — in fact exhausted. mrs. dietrich sees with pity that her
daughter’s skin is fair and thin and dry — unlike her own, which tends
to be oily — it will wear out before shes forty. mrs. dietrich reaches
over to squeeze her hand. the fingers are limp, ungiving. \youre going
back to school tomorrow, nola,\ she says. \you wont come home
again until june twelfth. and you probably will go to france — if your
father consents.\
67 nola gets to her feet, drops her cigarette to the flagstone terrace,
and grinds it out beneath her boot. a dirty thing to do, mrs. dietrich
thinks, considering theres an ashtray right on the table, but she says
nothing. she dislikes la crêperie anyway.
68 nola laughs, showing her lovely white teeth. \oh, the hell will
him,\ she says. \—¹¹ daddy, right?\
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69 they separate for an hour, mrs. dietrich to neiman-marcus to buy
a birthday gift for her elderly aunt, nola to the trendy new boutique
¹¹ offensive language has been removed.
analyzing character point of view: shopping

paragraph 68

1. what is nola’s view of her

mother and father? how do you
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Explanation:

Nola resents her parents, especially her father, and feels disconnected from her mother. Evidence includes her dismissive, angry tone about her father ("Oh, the hell will him"), her unresponsive, withdrawn behavior when her mother tries to connect (limp, ungiving hand when squeezed), and her frustration at being sent away to school until June and needing her father's consent to go to France, which shows she feels controlled and unheard. Her mother's pity and Nola's exhausted, aged appearance also reflect a rift, as Nola doesn't seem to trust or feel close to her mother enough to be vulnerable.

Answer:

Nola views her parents as distant, controlling figures she resents and feels disconnected from. We know this from:

1. Her angry, dismissive comment about her father ("Oh, the hell will him") showing resentment.
2. Her withdrawn, unresponsive behavior when her mother tries to comfort her (limp, ungiving hand) indicating emotional distance from her mother.
3. Her frustration at being sent away to school for months and needing her father's approval to go to France, revealing she feels controlled by them.
4. Her exhausted, closed-off demeanor around her mother, showing she does not feel safe or close enough to be open with her.