Everything I Never Told You Lesson Plan

How was James’ reaction to Marilyn’s disappearance similar to Marilyn’s reaction to Lydia’s death?

Even though James knew Marilyn had left of her own free will, he treated her disappearance like she had been the victim of a crime, calling the police every morning asking what he could do to help them find her. Marilyn too seems intent on treating Lydia’s departure from their house on the night before her death like a crime, no matter how much it seems that she had gone willingly. When Marilyn was gone, James neglected his duties as a father, locking himself in his office to obsessively read the lone clue he had to what had happened, Marilyn’s note. Similarly, Marilyn has a...