Trust in the Dead

I finished reading the book 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson. The main character Virginia, also known as Ginny, received 13 little blue envelopes following her Aunt Margaret's death. Inside the letters were instructions. Ginny follows her Aunt's footsteps through Europe and all over. While Ginny is following the random directions, she doesn't look back. Well, not as much as I thought she would. Ginny proves she would follow her aunt anywhere because she trusts her aunt, and her aunt trusts her.

In the beginning of the book, Ginny reads the first envelope. Aunt Peg says Ginny doesn't have to follow the exact directions on the envelopes, because she has no way of knowing or doing anything about it. Peg says in one of the letters that Ginny could be reading all the letters from her bedroom, or she could be traveling to Europe, but that se trusts her. Peg doesn't need to be there for Ginny to know what Peg wanted. Ginny followed her aunt's directions to the extent because she loves her, and believes in her.

Secondly, Ginny shows faith in her aunt by doing exactly what she says, and opening the letters when Peg said so. For example, the third envelope told Ginny to give $500 to a street artist. Ginny found the direction a little strange, and at first she had no idea how to give him the money, although she knew exactly who she was giving it to. Ginny found a way to give him the money, even though she ended up looking extremely strange. Ginny also waited for the right time to open each letter. She could have just opened each one when she felt like it, and not in order.