This is what I imagined what the mother would look like.
Does the mother seems outwardly demure (modest, shy) and reserved (quiet)? Although the mother seems quiet and doesn’t like to talk, she is definitely not shy or modest on stage. The fact that there is barely any quotes of the mother speaking, says that she does not like to speak. This quote from the story “In the final vignette of their act, they actually would kiss in midair”, proves that she is not shy when performing.
Does she have a hidden, wild energy? The mother seems very calm to me in this story, under one condition. She is performing dangerous acts in midair while kissing guys. This quote, “He held his hands out to receive his pregnant wife”, shows that the mother has a wild side to her. That’s so because she was doing these dangerous stunts while she was pregnant.
Is she able to transform, or change, herself and others? The mother changed many people in this story. Most importantly she changed her daughter. When the family’s house caught on fire, the Daughter thought that no would rescue her and given up hope, but then the mother came in from a two-story high window with just a night-gown on and saved her daughter.
Leave a comment below if you have any other unanswered questions about “The Leap”.
The Moy the Merrier 
