Shiloh
...hange her life. As time passes, she begins to change from being dependent on everyone to a woman who is independent and gains confidence in herself. Norma Jean has had many traumatic events in her life. At the age of eighteen, she got pregnant and had to marry Leroy because of "southern traditions". When the baby was four months and three days old, he died of sudden infant death syndrome, as Mable thinks Randy died of neglect. They took Randy to the emergency room and the doctor told them, "It just happens sometimes"(Mason). There she was married to a man that she made a mistake with and lost the baby that brought them together. What would happen to them now? Would they stay together or would they go their separate ways? On top of dealing with her husband, and the death of her child, Norma Jean often felt intimidated by her mother. When her mother visits "she inspects the closets and the plants, informing Norma Jean when a plant is droopy or yellow"(Mason). Norma Jean is a typical American woman. She stays at home, while Leroy is away working, s...