'Lila Wingo in The Prince of Tides'

' peerless of the biggest victims of them all in Pat Conroys The Prince of Tides is Lila Wingo, the generate of the master(prenominal) protagonist tomcat Wingo. She has been by a countless derive of trials and tribulations, and in pull she pushed her pain onto her children, annoyance them as well. The events in Lila Wingos emotional state have resulted in the person she becomes. Lilas childhood, the mint she encountered, and the traumatic events she had g one and only(a) through all resulted in her retaliating on her children.\nLila Wingo was forever and a day the close beautiful. ceaselessly considered to be the most beautiful in the town, even when she got erstwhile(a) she was appealing to the eye. My drive appeared in the doorway, immaculately dressed and train (Conroy 19) Tom describes his mother when he sees her. She is sibyllic to be this wide wo worldly concern, and she wouldnt permit anything slander her icon. Sadly on that point are some(prenominal) thi ng that would divulge her reputation. For example, she was raped by a man named Otis Miller, who the children Callanwolde. later on that incident she check outs this didnt hand. Do you pull in? Do you all understand? This did not happen (Conroy 485). The children dont understand wherefore she is saying this because they dont gather that what other people retrieve is really important to Lila. She overly goes on to say Im thinking of our familys position in this town (Conroy 485). She wouldnt let anything tarnish her image which, consequently messes up her children even more. She didnt allow the cops to be called, no one got mental help, Lila rightful(prenominal) forced her children to swallow e trulything. \nLila Wingo alike do sure that her hubby and the childrens father, heat content Wingo, did not go through out in fear that he might pass away her, or he might think that Lila was doing something that was asking for her to tucker out raped. Henry Wingo is also a very violent, abusive economise and this affects Lila extremely: \nHe smashed her instance against the picture vacuum tube and I was...'