Cynthia’s Mother Character Analysis in Look Both Ways

’s mother is her hero. She works as a barista during the day and attends graduate school at night, and she’s been working on various degrees for Cynthia’s whole life. Though Cynthia admires her mom, she also desperately wants her mom to pay attention to her and to be home sometimes.

Cynthia’s Mother Quotes in Look Both Ways

The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Cynthia’s Mother or refer to Cynthia’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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That’s all Say-So ever wanted. A love thing with her mother, the way her grandfather had with Miss Fran—through laughter. And since her mother was too busy to break, well then, anyone would have to do. A smile is a smile. A ha is a ha. So every day she’d rattle off her jokes at the end of class, bathing in her classmates’ crack-ups.

Related Characters: Cynthia’s Mother, Cynthia “Say-So” Sower, Cinder/Cynthia’s Grandfather, Miss Fran

Page Number and Citation: 144

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