To continue Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Sophie has been following all of the rules her mother gave her. Her mother wants her to practice religion, go to school and educate herself, and come straight home. Sophie has truly been an obedient daughter up to this point. Something that stood out throughout this chapter is Sophies infatuation with her neighbor Joseph. Joseph is a much older than Sophie which I find to be very creepy that Sophie likes him. However, being that Sophie’s mom has always been strict with Sophie telling her she can not date until the age of eighteen, or always expecting things for Sophie like her becoming a doctor, Sophie never really had the chance to live her life her way. So I believe now that a man is finally looking upon Sophie in a new way than anyone has ever, she is falling for him and falling in love. Joseph soon goes from stranger to lover to Sophie and they both seek ways to seeing each other as long as Sophies mother is not around. When Sophie mother finds out she likes a boy, she starts to perform ‘testings’ to Sophie to make sure she is still a virgin. Due to the hate that Sophie has against this performance of ‘testing’ she sacrifices and takes her own virginity. When Sophie mom finds this out she kicks Sophie out. I quickly wondered if Sophies mom even loved her to kick her only child out for something she caused?