Names

 Names are so important. They tell people who you are and what you want to be in the world. But most importantly they are the only things that can never be taken away from you. In life, one thing will always remain. Jasmine Ward and sing unburied sing highlights the importance of Kayla‘s name. It feels like The first thing you learn about her is that her name is Michaela but everyone calls her Kayla except for Leonie. The fact toyed itself seemed almost simple initially but as the only pushes for people to call her Kayla you see the parallel of JoJo refusing to call his sister by his first name. For half the book as I was reading it I assumed that Michaela wanted to be called Kayla but Reading further on are they going to realize that Michaela is not only too young to understand the importance of her name or whether or not she wants to be called a nickname but too young to understand how truly unavailable for mother is. Throughout the book, you will see situations where Kayla favors JoJo over Leonie but it’s very clear that that’s due you more to a feeling of safety with her brother not the understanding of all the harm Lyons is done to the family. The fact that Kayla‘s or Michaela‘s name about her at all but rather a symbol of Jojo’s resentment of his own mother is interesting as just as I stated before my previous blog: Mam seems to represent the positive characteristics of her characters Kayla represents the relationships between them.