THE BOOK OF RUTH Amanda Angove Topics in Literature Mods 7,8  In the Book of Ruth the main character Ruth lives with her mother May, and marries Ruby who she has a son with named Justy. Ruth tries to live her life as best she can given that her mother treats her as a child and as if she was retarded. Throughout the book we learn of all the troubles Ruth has in school and at …showed first 75 words of 968 total…

…showed last 75 words of 968 total…shine.? This shows how Ruth hates her job, and hates working with May there. On page 282 Ruth states, ?I let him do what he wanted. I imagined our new kitchen with cereal bowls.? This is important because it shows Ruth hates her sex life with Ruby. She always puts her mind somewhere else. But it doesn?t matter to her anymore because she is getting a new life. A brutal end but a new beginning.