The
novel “The
Redemption of Sarah Cain” is primarily told from the perspective of Sarah’s
niece, Lydia Cottrell who is the eldest of the five Amish children.
Sarah
and Ivy were never close as they grew up. Ivy was the popular during their high
school days. She has been voted “Ms. Congeniality”. Sarah was the nervous type
and it was until college when she broke out of her shell. Their lifestyle is way too different from
each other. For some reason, Ivy
settled with her husband, they decided to join the Amish. Ivy with her husband
preferred living a simple and plain life. Sarah could not understand what
caused this change in her sister.
When Ivy Cottrell died, Sarah found out that
she has been named guardian of Ivy’s five orphaned Amish children. She hates that she is forced to go to
Pennsylvania to deal with the situation. Although, she did not understand Ivy’s
choice, she flew out to Lancaster County to see if she can find Amish foster
parents for her nieces and nephews.
When
Ivy Cottrell died, Sarah found out that she has been named guardian of Ivy’s
five orphaned Amish children. She hates
that she is forced to go to Pennsylvania to deal with the situation. Although,
she did not understand Ivy’s choice, she flew out to Lancaster County to see if
she can find Amish foster parents for her nieces and nephews.
While
at the Amish community, Sarah had difficulty adjusting on their way of life.
She disliked their early morning rising. She can’t understand how one can live
with such a plain household, and how the same day-to-day pattern of life doesn’t
get boring. Lydia, the oldest of the Cottrell children did her best to keep the
household busy daily tending to their farms. Sarah stayed a little longer than
she intended, she began to learn and understand what life is like for her
nieces and nephews, and through them to better understand the sister whom she
was never close. But Sarah remained aloof while trying to make decisions about
their future, especially since the eldest looks and acts so muck like Ivy.
Lydia
feels much the same about Sarah. She cannot understand her odd focus on
material possessions. She struggled keeping her promise to her dying mom
because it will cost her of losing “ the sweetest, kindest, and most handsome
Plain boy in all of Lancaster County”,
Levi King. Although, Lydia didn’t like the decision of leaving the Amish
community, she had to be strong for her younger siblings. Lydia and her
siblings were forced to leave the Amish community and went with Sara back to
Oregon. Sara believed she could make a new life for them in Oregon. However,
the situations were not easy for the Amish siblings. The modern world is
forcing them to compromise who they are. The Amish siblings had to deal with a
lifestyle that is so foreign and opposite to the way they were raised. The
situations made Sara decide to bring the Amish siblings back to Lancaster
County.
From the start, Sarah is only determined to
help find foster parents for the Amish
siblings, but as she does so, she learned through their simple sweetness, to
open her heart to love again. At the time that Sarah is deciding to leave her
nieces and nephews, Anna Mae grabbed her arm, squeezed, and begged Sarah not to
leave them. All the siblings were
crying and Josiah out of sadness blurted out that “Seems to me, Mamma made a
mighty big mistake asking you to come here.” Hearing those words, Sarah flashback on why her mom gave her the
name “Sarah” and this served as her moving force to stay with the children.
Sarah changed her mind and decided to stay at the community with her nieces and
nephews. That night ended Sarah’s loneliness and searching. She started to get
connected with her family, her sister’s beautiful children, her own flesh and
blood.
After a couple of months, Sara and Bryan got
married. Lydia started working as a schoolteacher and later on married Levi.
************NEXT POST WILL BE THE ANALYSIS & PERSONAL REACTION**************
Molly Mae N. Martinez
Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management
Far East Asia Institute of Tourism Science and Technology
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