Kindness In T. Ray's & Quot
T. Ray is what Lily calls her father “because ‘Daddy’ never fit him” (2). Still being upset about his wife’s death, he abhors his daughter and avoids her by having her work alone from sunrise to sunset in the peach orchard. He rejects her when she asks him to buy her rollers to fix her hair and when she asks to go to any social events. He responds to her questions about her mother with anger and violence , resulting him to one time “[throw a jar of blackberry jelly] against the kitchen cabinet” (13). T. Ray’s “only kindness was for Snout… who slept in his bed and got her stomach scratched anytime she rolled onto her wiry back” (3). Having treated Snout with much greater kindness than his own daughter makes Lily feel unloved and