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By page 99, Cosette has turned her life
completely upside down from when we initially meet her. At the beginning of the story Cosette places
all her focus on finding a father in order to complete her tribe, and feels God
has smiled down upon her by placing, Ken, a handsome Air force sergeant in her life
who has completely won her over with attention and gifts.
Playing matchmaker, Cosette introduces Ken
to her mother, hoping that the two will hit it off. In no time at all the two
become a couple. Cosette feels her cleverness has paid off, guaranteeing her
the solid happiness of a prime-time family.
But her celebration is short lived when Ken makes inappropriate advances
towards Cosette, pulling the shade down on her sun-shiny hopes and sending her
into a pit of shame and despair.
Ken and Ma marry, making it impossible for
Cosette to escape Ken’s nasty advances, keeping them a secret, thus carrying
the responsibility of her mother’s happiness on her own small shoulders. The
shame of the situation drives Cosette into a silent corner of introspection and
guilt, unable to speak about it with even her closest confidants—her two older
sisters.
On page 99 Cosette is recovering from one
of Ken’s nighttime visits. She is hoping to enjoy the carnival, like any other
ten-year-old, while struggling with her feelings for her stepbrother, Ken’s
seven-year-old son, Tommy. She feels compassion for this little boy,
understanding how Tommy is innocent of his father’s sins—offering him a sort of
reluctant companionship.
Further down the page we see Cosette,
rejoining her older sisters, hoping to talk them into riding some rides with
her and Tommy. What takes place is a lesson in womanhood, as her oldest sister
Diana uses her beauty to charm the ride handler into letting all four of them
share a ride limited to three-per-car.
Cosette watches the exchange between Diana
and the young man. Witnessing the manipulative power of using ones beauty, which
completely disarms the vulnerable ride handler. Chuckling when she sees Diana
get the best of him, Cosette is startled by this man’s toothless grin. Caught
between laughter and compassion, Cosette suppresses her giggles, not wanting to
hurt the man’s feelings, sensing an odd kinship with this man’s vulnerability.
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