Ourside Reading

Lorraine, the mother of Neville, continues to grieve about the missing Neville. She believes that she has failed him and isn't doing enough. In fact, they have the resources to support him, but try to look at the positive side to losing the child, as it happens to be so that Neville's lack of presence would put less strain on the family's resources (Bock 45). This apparently indicates that the family feels insecure about losing him and that they try to find a positive outcome. The deal is though, the parents have lost most of their hope, and are having trouble filling in his sense, which would make sense in a real life scenario.