"Dance"- Big Mama Stories

A growing up theme I found in the story, "Dance" is #15, experiencing life changing turning points. In the story, the narrator mentions how she didn't care much or even thought my about her blood mother Fannie Mae. None of her family were able to tell the narrator the truth about what happened to her mother because it was too much pain to talk about. As the narrator grows up, she begins to be more curious about her real mother and questions everyone trying to find out the truth about what had happened to her mother. When the whole story about her mother is revealed to the narrator from one of Big Mama's friends, the narrator cries and feels the pain that everyone feels. She starts off not really caring or thinking much about her real mother, but when she finally understands what had happened to her her, the she begins to care and look towards her mother in an entirely different way showing a life changing turning point for the narrator.