"Shiloh"

"Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason represents a change over the course of a young woman's life. Bobbie Ann Mason use Norma Jean to help clarify that relationship can fail and that roles do change in today's relationships. Mason uses the Character Norma Jean, who was forced to marry at a young age, sees a new path as the modern days draw near. Norma Jean, is a dynamic character, she is a woman who has low …

…her husband, and mother make realize the she does not have the dependent on anyone. She had to be strong and make her own decisions. They were running her life and not Norma Jean. As she told Leroy at Shiloh, "She won't leave me alone -you won't leave me alone. I feel eighteen again. I can't face that all over again. No. It wasn't fine. I don't know what I am saying. Forget it." (Mason 679).