Grace Blakely Motivation

The first impression that is made by Grace Blakely shows that she is a strong character, both physically and emotionally. Also, with her headstrong personality, she enjoys taking situations into her own hand, such as finding her mother’s killer. Finding the “scarred man” who murdered her mother years ago is one of Grace’s main motivation. Starting with the first impression, which is the impression which lasts throughout the story, the author makes sure we as the reader understand that Grace is no weak lamb, but is actually the exact opposite. For example, “when I was twelve I broke my leg jumping off the wall between Canada and Germany…. My brother said that the fall would probably kill me…. I totally showed him,” (pg. 1). This introduction
Again, the book mentioned, “Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things...1. She is not crazy 2. Her mother was murdered 3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay,” (Inside Jacket Cover). This is the first thought represented in the overall summary, showing that it is significant to the story, and really stresses the main motivation of Grace for the whole book. Moving on, when Grace was 13, a government agent was ordered to assassinate Grace’s mom, Caroline Blakely. The murder was supposed to be going to be faked by the agent, for he was a good friend of Caroline, but Grace’s mother did die at the end of the day. From the murder scene, Grace remembered the scar on the agent’s face, and in the present, used the remembrance to her advantage. Throughout the book, this mysterious “scarred-man” figure keeps coming up, “and it all comes rushing back to me. The cliffs. The party. The Scarred Man,”(pgs. 78 and 79). Grace believed finding this man will help her turn in her mother’s murderer and thinks it is the most important sign. Overall, in the first part of book, Grace’s main motivation is finding her mother’s killer and getting justice, and so far, she thinks she has a good