How It's Done (Pages 90-124)

Summary
Grace finally arrives to Michael's house and tells him about how her father caught her and him together and has threatened to call his job.  After hearing the surprising news he became very upset.  Suddenly Michael began to think of ways to fix the situation.  After much deliberation he decided that if Grace agrees to marry him then no one can protest about their relationship together even though she is only a teen.  Grace did not know if that was a good decision to make.  She felt that she would be betraying her religion and making the situation even worse than it already had become.  Michael persuaded her by saying that it was the right thing to do, and it was the only way that her father would be forced out of the relationship completely.  Grace, because she wanted to be with Michael more than anything, decided to accept his offer and said "yes" to his engagement.  Two days later Grace's father came to back from his trip and was ready to confront his daughter about the whole situation.  When he arrived to the house, Grace told him that she had decided to marry Michael and there was nothing he could do to stop her.  Grace's father was irate, not only did he feel betrayed but he felt entirely disrespected.  Once Grace's father realized that he could not do anything to stop his daughter’s decision he simply left by saying that she should get married soon in order to delete all the sins that she has already committed by being with Michael. 

Quote
"When I was a child, I thought like a child but when I became a man, I gave up my childish ways."

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I liked this quote in the story because it was really intense.  After Grace's first experience of being intimate with Michael this is the first thing that came to her head.  I enjoyed this quote because in my opinion I felt that this saying contradicted her lifestyle.  Even though she was doing an ample amount of adult activities she still thought like a normal teenager.  She feels that just because she lost her virginity, and is getting married that now she has become an adult, which is not entirely true.  Most of the decisions she made emphasizes the fact that she still is naive, and still acts like a teenager.