Lila Wingo in The Prince of Tides

sensation of the biggest victims of them all in foxy Conroys The Prince of Tides is Lila Wingo, the develop of the principal(prenominal) protagonist Tom Wingo. She has been siree a countless sum of trials and tribulations, and in turn she pushed her nuisance onto her children, hurting them as well. The make upts in Lila Wingos life nurture resulted in the person she becomes. Lilas childhood, the people she encountered, and the traumatic events she had at peace(p) through all resulted in her retaliating on her children.\nLila Wingo was always the around beautiful. Always considered to be the well-nigh beautiful in the town, even when she got older she was appealing to the eye. My sustain appe ared in the doorway, immaculately dressed(p) and groomed (Conroy 19) Tom describes his m opposite when he sees her. She is supposed to be this great woman, and she wouldnt permit anything denigrate her image. Sadly there are many thing that would crush her reputation. For exampl e, she was raped by a man named Otis Miller, who the children Callanwolde. by and by that incident she says this didnt happen. Do you render? Do you all read? This did not happen (Conroy 485). The children dont understand why she is saying this because they dont realize that what other people think is rattling important to Lila. She withal goes on to say Im thinking of our familys aspect in this town (Conroy 485). She wouldnt let anything tarnish her image which, thus messes up her children even more. She didnt allow the cops to be called, no one got mental help, Lila effective forced her children to forget everything. \nLila Wingo also made sure that her preserve and the childrens father, Henry Wingo, did not find out in fear that he baron leave her, or he might think that Lila was doing something that was postulation for her to get raped. Henry Wingo is also a very violent, opprobrious husband and this affects Lila extremely: \nHe smashed her face against the transla te tube and I was...