Did Catherine really write the proof?
From the beginning of the story it seemed like Catherine really didn't want to follow in her father's footsteps. She didn't seem to enjoy college as other people would and when her math professor was concerned about her work and how it didn't lie up the loose ends, she told him that she would go back and make it better which in my opinion was a contributing factor that drove her to write the Proof. When Catherine dropped out of college to attend to her father's well-being, he basically told her that she shouldn't have and that she was lazy and it had to change. He kept pushing her until she finally started to realize that she needed to do something with herself so she started writing her own proof. She may have failed her teacher but she definitely tried to do better for her father. After he said that he thought he had figured out the proof, Catherine looked as if she was hurt. Maybe because of the violence he showed towards her after she said she didn't want to read his proof and that she was tired. She tried to read his out loud but found out quickly that none of it made any sense and that his "lucid year" had swiftly come to a stop. I do believe that she wrote it because she's the only one in that house that was sane enough to actually complete a mathematical thought process whereas her dad could not.
There are a number of good thoughts that go on in this post, but not all of them are tied together well. I really like your pointing out that Catherine does not seem happy at school, but I'm not sure how it helps to prove that Catherine could have written the proof. See if you can make all of the information point to one conclusion.
ReplyDeleteOn the English side, make sure that you mention Catherine's name at some point so in the text of the paragraph. It will give some more variety to your sentences, and just remind readers whom you're discussing. Also, a few proofreading corrections will improve the post overall (e.g. change "definitely" for "definately").