The Leap: mother characterization

The way the mother interacts with everything in a gentle way (paragraph 1&2), she's loving and caring towards others and objects around her. Her actions are also very graceful, this is shown by never loosing her balance and constantly being aware of her surroundings and current situations. In paragraph 2 the text states that she throws out all old pictures and things from the past, this action shows the reader that she is a woman who is 'in the now'. The author doesn't give a very vivid description of the mother, other than her being elderly. This gives the readers the imagery of the mother having stereotypical old lady features and qualities. i.e white hair, hunched back, glasses, etc. There are very few quotations of mentioning things that the mother has said throughout the story, though the few things that she does say are very wise and inspirational.