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When Billie Jo sees him, she calls him “Daddy,” which she has not said since before her mother ’s death. They walk home together, and Billie Jo explains why she ran away and why she returned. She feels that she belongs in the Panhandle but knows she cannot raise herself.
Quick answer: The title “Met” is appropriate for this poem in Out of the Dust because it is about a series of meetings. Billie Jo's father meets her at the station, and they truly meet each...
When Billie Jo meets the man on the train, she says he has "a deeper shadow to those eyes / like ashes, / like death" (100.1)—and just try not to shudder when she does.
In Summer 1935, Out of the Dust reaches its climax when Billie Jo fulfills her dream of escaping the Oklahoma Panhandle. In the middle of the night, she is overcome with despair, resenting the dust, her emotionally repressed father, and herself for the role she played in her mother’s death.
Billie Jo meets Louise, Daddy's future wife—and before long Billie Jo begins to look forward to her new life with Daddy and Louise. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of what Billie Jo Kelby is up to during Out of the Dust. Luckily, we've got you covered.
Summary. In April 1935, Billie Jo confesses to being heartsick over Mad Dog Craddock. Despite her antagonistic feelings toward him, she would like him to “court” her. However, she knows he can attract any girl, and doesn’t believe there is any reason he would want to be with her.
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However, Billie Jo’s life changes for the worse after her pregnant mother is caught in a terrible housefire and dies, a traumatic event that also leaves Billie Jo’s hands mutilated. Billie Jo partially blames herself for her mother’s death, though she blames her father more.
