Mrs. John as a mother

That intertwining bond of identity between mother and child starts with the decision to name her daughter after herself. The young Annie John did not enter into the older‘s world until the mother was 30 years old. The father of Annie Victoria was a carpenter who was much older than his wife. Because much of what can be gathered about the mother is seen through the prism of the daughter, the issue of identity becomes even murkier. The attempt at forced separation results in the rebellion of the younger Annie against the older even as it becomes more and more obvious that the stimulus for rebellion is just Annie John’s way of trying to help her daughter establish a stronger awareness of self.