Going to Night School

Billie Jo's father decides to go to night school so case the farm failed, he would have something to fall back on.

"...He's starting to sound like Ma. "The farm won't fail" I tell him...I'm starting to sound like him...But maybe he doesn't care so much about the classes. Maybe he's thinking more about the company of the ladies..." Winter 1935 Page 1938

This is a turning point in the novel. This shows that A) Billie Jo's father is starting truly move on from the death of Franklin and Ma, and B) it shows that Billie Jo realizes that her father is moving on. This is a turning point in the novel because up until this point, Billie Jo has just been thinking about leaving. She never thought about her father moving on and possibly finding someone else. Billie Jo starts to show some jealousy though.

"I shouldn't mind either. It's dinner I don't hace to come up...But I do mind his spending time with all those biddes..." Winter 1935 Page 139

*According to http://www.dictionary.com/, a biddy is a:

1. a fussbudget, esp. a fussy old woman.

2. a female domestic servant, esp. a cleaning woman.