Significance of Title

The title “Tangles” is a very simple, yet effective title. It portrays how tangled up the lives of Sarah and her family became. Dealing with her mother’s Alzheimer’s tangled up her love live with Domino, and how she had to prioritize her dying sick mother over her relationship Her sister Hannah also was tangled into this issue, she went on to live her live with her husband and child yet apart of her life was still intertwined and tangled into her family’s lives and their issues. Rob had the biggest tangle of all; he had to watch the love of his life slowly fade from his life like watching a slow death before him. His life was so tangled into Mariam’s that it was almost hard to distinguish whose life was whose as they were so intertwined. Even though everyone’s lives were tangled up you can still see distinctions as to which role each person played, and how they were affected by Mariam’s disease. They were all tangled, so much so that they were more together than if they had not been tangled, it gave them a closeness that most people never get to experience in their lives, so in a way Mariam’s sickness brought her family closer together.