Relativity by Cristin Bishara (Post 3)

This book as I was ready, made my heart crack, it poured emotions onto me and drenched me. For this book brought up something sad and natural in a human lifetime. Within a few sentence Mrs. Bishara almost made me cry, true talent of writing. "A few years ago- and only once- Dad had mentioned that there was a baby before me. But something went wrong during childbirth; he didn't get enough oxygen. Now, in my mind, I see a blue baby, tiny but with Patrick's face, his legs pulled to his chest. Stillborn." (Bishara, 128) Patrick is Ruby's older brother in the second and fourth dimension. Though in her real dimension he died... And never ready existed. In the way Bishara writes and describes this image in Ruby's head, the reader can clearly see it. This image in my head makes think of my sister Megan, who died as a newborn (For full text to self connection refer to "Relativity by Cristin Bishara Blog Post 1"). 

This view of the death of so thing so tiny and innocent that never was able to live a life it was set to have, brings tears to my eyes. In a human view point life is meant to be treasured and cherished. As a mother sees her child dead in her arms its like your life has no light, color, emotions or sounds. As even though Ruby is not a mother to Patrick she is his sister, and she feels connection towards him, and longs to be with him and closer. "Suddenly, Patrick isn't a stranger anymore. He's my brother I should have had all along. He would have taught me to throw a ball, make paper airsplanes, swim underwater. We would've fought over the TV remote and the phone and over who got the bigger bedroom. I reach out and squeezes his hand. He squeezes back." (Bishara, 128) Through this we see into Ruby's mind and we can see her reflecting on some normal, common life experiences, that most people may encounter. If not in their own lives but others. 

Since Ruby is drawing upon these thought and reach out for her brother to be closer with him, in this dimension rather han in her own, she may have thoughts of staying in this dimension with her own brother. To experience these emotions and scenes in her parallel life, the good and bad.