Patricia MacLachlans Sarah, Plain and Tall :: Patricia MacLachlan Sarah Plain and Tall

Patricia MacLachlans Sarah, knitting and TallBy telling you the story, Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan portrays the importance of family and allows you to see that by through a little chip shot of hope and wishing your happiness can be fulfilled. She shows you how personal sacrifices get along when forming a successful family. Overall, this book provides insight on how powerful and purposeful family life can be.In Sarah, Plain and Tall the concept of family is the plant on which the book is written. The meaning of the word family becomes the center of the Wittings world. You learn at the beginning of the story that Anna and Calebs mother had died after giving birth to Caleb. So when they both learned that Papa placed an advertisement in the newsprint for a wife and received a response they were very excited. No one spoke when Papa finished the letter. He kept looking for at it in his hands, reading it over to himself. Finally, I turned my drumhead a bit to sneak a look at Caleb. He was smiling. I smiled, too (10). Anna and Caleb had no reservations about meeting this lady they lone(prenominal) knew by the name of Sarah. They both yearned to have a mother fanny in their life again. After Sarah arrives, Anna is very apprehensive that Sarah will non want being in this new place. I shook my head, turn the white stone over and over in my hand. I wished everything was as perfect as the stone. I wished that Papa and Caleb and I were perfect for Sarah (21). The Wittings briefly try to make their home Sarahs home as well. I slept, ambition a perfect dream. The fields had turned to a sea that gleamed like the sun on glass. And Sarah was happy (37). They soon start to question Sarahs happiness. Sarah frequently talks about how she longs for the sea, her brother, and her three old aunts. Sarah speaks to Maggie (who had also responded to a newsprint ad) and tells her about her sorrows. Maggie says, There ar always things to miss. No matter where you are (40). Maggie then shows Sarah how she can relate to her new life by evolution her own garden and gaining her independence back by learning to purpose the wagon. After learning how to drive the wagon, Sarah decides to take a trip by herself.