Outstanding Scenes

Early on in the memoir, Esther receives a figure of Saint Anthony from Anna. She hopes that this item would provide protection to the runaways.

When Miriam latches on to Saint Anthony, this can be seen as a display of her religious belief and the feeling of being protected. When Saint Anthony is lost in the storm, this perhaps can show a transition into a state of being a non-believer.

One of the final images and moments in the story is when Miriam is essentially established as a non-religious as her son asks how God could create the world in 6 days. Miriam replies that it is more of a story than the absolute truth.