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Most people, when forced to give up the one thing they truly love, would rather see it be destroyed than in the hands of another person. In "," by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, the old woman is in that position. She is burdened with relinquishing custod ....

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.... of Lily. After an undesired and unforeseen encounter between the girl and Barry, the old woman is informed that she must hand over the girl. Feeling helpless and having no control over the situation, she feels forced to make a major decision to prevent the young girl from, what she feels, would be a grave predicament. most likely feels responsible for Lily’s situation and her own daughter’s demise and has learned to fear men as a result of it. She fears the girl’s father because he represents the part of herself that she cannot control, Lily. She has no choice but to give up her granddaughter and she cannot bear to lose her to the man sh ....