Esch and Medea: Similar Lives in Different Stories
In Salvage the Bones, Esch mentioned more than once about her strong and passionate affection towards Manny, even though knowing and seeing that Manny and Shaliyah are together.
"I loved him before that girl. I imagine that this is the way Medea felt about Jason when she fell in love, when she knew him; that she looked at him and felt a fire eating up through her rib cage, turning her blood to boil, evaporating hotly out of every inch of her skin. I feel it so strongly that I cannot imagine how Manny does not feel it, too. " (pg.56, 57)
This is a hint for the development later of their relationship after Manny knows that she's pregnant. Similarly in the stories of the Golden Fleece, although it appears to Medea that Jason is in deep love with her, her heart was eventually broken by Jason's betrayal on her just like what Manny did to Esch as he refused to acknowledge the child.
This is one of the most famous artworks about the story of Jason and Medea. This is an oil painting (1907) by John Waterhouse, created in the Pre-Raphaelite Style. It depicts Medea making the magic ointment in order for Jason to be invincible and complete the quest ahead.
This is a meme that I randomly found to show Esch's mindset at the end of the book, that she just decides that she's going to drop the entire relationship with Manny and step on her new journey with friends and family by her side.
"I loved him before that girl. I imagine that this is the way Medea felt about Jason when she fell in love, when she knew him; that she looked at him and felt a fire eating up through her rib cage, turning her blood to boil, evaporating hotly out of every inch of her skin. I feel it so strongly that I cannot imagine how Manny does not feel it, too. " (pg.56, 57)
This is a hint for the development later of their relationship after Manny knows that she's pregnant. Similarly in the stories of the Golden Fleece, although it appears to Medea that Jason is in deep love with her, her heart was eventually broken by Jason's betrayal on her just like what Manny did to Esch as he refused to acknowledge the child.
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This is a meme that I randomly found to show Esch's mindset at the end of the book, that she just decides that she's going to drop the entire relationship with Manny and step on her new journey with friends and family by her side.
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