The cement garden summary5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Julie agrees and they follow through with the plan. Jack and Julie decide that they cannot have a public funeral or bury Mother outside, as either would invite suspicion so Jack gets the idea to bury Mother in a trunk and fill it with cement so that no one will ever know. Jack and Julie must now take care of the family and prevent the authorities from splitting them up. She tells Julie she is going to die but the two of them hide it from Jack, Sue and Tom until it is too late for her to tell them. Mother grows sick and only the children know. The family is already isolated from the rest of the community they have few friends and no one visits the house. When Father dies, Mother and the children are left alone. Things are well, for the most part, although Jack, the narrator, is somewhat isolated from the rest of his family, feeling distant from his father and fighting with his mother and Julie, along with harassing Tom for attention from the others. The story begins with Father, Mother, and their four children, Julie, Jack, Sue and little Tom living together. The Cement Garden is the story of a mother and father's death and the children's dysfunctional attempts to cope with their loss. ![]()
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