In our group discussions on Monday my group discussed the theme of memory and found an interesting quote related to  that.

“A prison does not only lock its inmates inside, it keeps all others out. Her strongest prison is of her own construction.”

I had thought, perhaps she’s no longer aware of which truth is the truth because she’s constructed so many lies and new identities. She has constructed her own prison of lies. She was trapped in this subconscious trauma prison, trying to refute her beliefs of what happened because she doesn’t want to tell this part of her story, its easier if its forgotten. She’s trying to disassociate, to trick herself.

Now this quote holds a tinge of irony in relation to the end of the book. Grace becoming Mary’s outlet for murder, was locked inside but Mary was not kept out. And Grace held no memories of what happened because she wasn’t aware of what happened. Only holding context of the event from accounting’s of others she had to forcibly construct her prison to separate herself from something she had no idea about.