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It is then that Esther feels that Philomena buys her her freedom when actually she buys Esther's freedom many times over with college scholarships and proper treatment from Dr. Nolan, for instance. Esther rarely refers to Philomena directly, preferring instead to mention her car, her hat, her letters, objects around her, actions of Philomena to other people, but never any direct interaction between Esther and her...
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This tells me that Esther felt no connection with this woman. Even though Philomena obviously cared a lot for her, she just couldn't connect. The older women in Esther's lives all want to adopt her as their own daughter and influence her or teach her "and for the price of their care and influence, have [Esther] resemble them" (211)...
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