Though the novel does give the reader some insight as to what Mor was thinking and experiencing, I don’t think it exactly places or removes blame; Durrow seems to allow the reader to do that. I can understand why many might think Mor was a bad mother for doing the things she did, but I see Mor as a kind, loving person who would do anything to protect her children.
Durrow doesn’t give the reader much information on Roger either, but there is some dotted throughout the novel. We can piece together that he was an alcoholic and perhaps abusive, seeing as he made a conscious effort to stay away from his children to protect them. Mor left Roger and brought her children to Chicago to protect them. While there, she was in a similar relationship and began to see the racism people had against her children. Mor realized the difficult and hateful lives her children would lead. Because of this, she brought them up to the roof with her, not because she was murderous, but rather to carry out a mercy killing. She was scared for her children because of the difficulties she knew they would face and in order to protect them, she killed them.
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