Someone in class today was talking about how much eyes were discussed and important in this novel. They mentioned how Oldring's eyes were often described, as well as Jane's. I also think that Lassiter's were focused on by Jane several times, just as Bess's eyes were described on numerous occasions by Venters. Afterall, his description of her eyes is how we as the readers first meet Bess as Bess and not the Masked Rider."He had seen that look in the eyes of a crippled antelope which he was about to finish with his knife. But in her it had infinitely more- a revelation of mortal spirit. The instinctive clinging to life was there, and the divining helplessness and the terrible accusation of the stricken, (39)," (as I mentioned in my previous post).
However, what I found interesting is that in the end when Lassiter told Bess that she was not Oldring's biological daughter and showed her the picture of his sister, he said, "Child, I thought you would remember those eyes. They're the same beautiful eyes you'd see if you looked in the mirror or a clear spring. They're your mother's eyes. You are Milly Erne's child, (216)". For one thing, this is another important instance where eyes are discussed. I just wonder why if Lassiter saw her before, when he visited Venters and Bess at their cave, he didn't say something then. Also, why did no one else notice this. Jane was supposedly good friends with Milly, and she didn't say anything about her eyes. So that seems a little wierd to me, but I liked that that whole realization occured through the description of eyes as well.
-Jessica Mitchell
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