Olive's Ocean By Kevin Henke Character Analysis
Time is sometimes your worst enemy, as showed in the book Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes. One conflict faced is by Godbee, Martha’s grandmother. Godbee is getting older and time has become her enemy. “‘You have to tell me something about yourself each day you’re here. Something I don’t know’…Who knows, this might be our last summer together,”’ (36). This is illustrating that she is slowly fading away and wants to connect and be with her family as much as possible. This is also shown when Godbee told Martha “‘I can’t taste anymore. Or smell” (73). She wants her family to know and make sure she uses up her time and spends it well. Although time, slowly fading away is Godbee's problem, her family is also impacted by it too. “And