Analyze the relationship Adeline has with her father. Explain whether or not her father was helpful to Adeline’s life.

Adeline's relationship with her father is distant and strained. She would love nothing more than to have a close relationship with her father. Her father, however, blames Adeline for her mother's death, and after marrying Niang, care only about keeping his new wife happy.

Adeline's desire to please her father is responsible for her performance in school, and her determination to succeed academically is a direct result of the fact that it is something he finds pride in.