The author of Relativity goes into much detail to explain the exact movements of our main character, Ruby, and to give us the exact things that she she's. Of which is rendering an image in our head of what this place may look like. "And the tree! It's enormous, majestic. It cats its shade thick and wide, blocking the sun, and the cool air is a kiss of relief after sweating through the cornfield. I walk carefully, stepping over roots that erupt through the earth at intervals, like knuckles, fingers gripping the ground. To think this tree started as an acorn- a seed you could hold in the palm of your hand. How long ago? It shot roots into the soil, spread branches into the sky, feeding on carbon dioxide and rainwater. It thickened and stretched, cells multiplying, pulling itself up, straightening its spine like an evolving primate." (Bishara, 19) Through these words that Ruby uses to describe the tree, it sounds like she is speaking of a person, with a life growing up, fingers and knuckles in the dirt. Since she sees it as a person she doesn’t want to disturb it, as she carefully walks over its roots. She is in awe struck about how this tree came to be so big from a small acorn. I see the tree to be looking something like this-
From the text, I can infer that maybe this tree has some magic abilities; there is something different about this tree. It is described in such a way that I can’t see this as a normal tree. Perhaps, maybe it is a normal tree that ruby will stay around to relax from the stress of her new home and family. But I can’t see that happening, something big is going to happen with this tree. Mrs. Bishara is aiming focus on this tree for a reason and I hope later in the book I will find out why.
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