1. Memories
1.1. The Author believes that, Some memories hurts.
1.1.1. ¨There are times when the image of those passionate yellow mounds returns with a painful poignancy.¨ (pg. 5)
1.2. The Author believes that, there is good and bad memories.
1.2.1. ¨When I think of the hometown of my youth¨ (pg. 1)
2. Growing-up
2.1. The Author believes that, you do bad things. Or depression¨
2.1.1. ¨And then I was sitting in the ruined little garden among the uprooted and ruined flowers, crying and crying¨ (pg. 5)
2.2. The Author believes that, growing-up is a part of childhood
2.2.1. “Let’s go see can we find some locusts on the hill,” someone suggested.¨ (pg. 2)
3. Maturity
3.1. The Author believes that, people can change.
3.1.1. ¨The years have taken me worlds away from that time and that place, from the dust and squalor of our lives, and from the bright thing that I destroyed in a blind, childish striking out at God knows what¨ (pg. 5)
3.2. The Author believes that, can help you realize things.
3.2.1. ¨ And that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began.¨ (pg. 5)
4. Empathy
4.1. The Author believes that, people have feelings.
4.1.1. ¨ I did not know men ever cried. I covered my ears with my hands but could not cut off the sound of my father’s harsh, painful, despairing sobs.¨ (pg. 4)
4.2. The Author believes that, people can not always do the right thing.
4.2.1. ¨That violent, crazy act was the last act of childhood. For as I gazed at the immobile face with the sad, weary eyes, I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood.¨ (pg. 5)