Expectation

Summary

• Nora, the protagonist, has always struggled with self-acceptance due to insecurities influenced by her own parents.
• She starts to imagine the concept of complete self-acceptance, embracing her past mistakes, bodily imperfections, unfulfilled dreams, suppressed desires, and emotional pain.
• Nora compares this ideal self-acceptance to her unconditional acceptance of nature, and visualizes herself as another unique creature of nature doing her best.
• By imagining acceptance of her flaws and imperfections, Nora starts to envision what freedom feels like to her.