This week, I read more of Bee Season by Myla Goldberg. In this section, Eliza wins the district spelling bee and the reader learns more about Aaron's life, specifically his relationship with God. Eliza arrives at the district bee with Aaron (who sits in the back because he doesn't expect to stay long) and she suddenly realizes that she is under dressed and that she hasn't studied for the bee at all. She becomes nervous while she waits to walk on stage, but her fears vanish when she her first word appears in her head and she spells it correctly. Finally, Eliza wins the bee and receives her trophy, a enormous gold bee figurine. She returns home and greets her father and now that she is "a winner," she finally feels accepted by him.
One question I have about this section is: Why isn't Aaron proud of Eliza when she wins the district spelling bee? Aaron does very well in school and I would have thought that he would be happier that his little sister is finally being recognized for her intelligence. Also, Aaron is very close with Saul, their dad, and ever since Eliza had been skipped over for the TAG program at school, all Saul wanted was for Eliza to show everyone how smart she really is. This would lead me to believe that Aaron would be proud of Eliza too, but when Saul asked him about it, Aaron had to think about "what a good brother would say" to answer the question.
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You said in a past post that Eliza stopped looking up to Aaron. Maybe he isn't proud of her because he's disappointed she doesn't look up to him. I think it's awful that Eliza didn't feel accepted by her father until now when he called her a "winner".
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