In Joyce Carol Oates" story "Shopping," Oates tells a story of a mother and her daughter spending the day shopping together. The mother, Mrs. Dietrich, loves her daughter more than life itself. Oates alludes to the idea of Mrs. Dietrich loving her daughter, Nola, more than she loves her own mother by stating, "She loves Nola with a fierce unreasoned passion , certainly far stronger than any she felt for her own mother" (Oates, 170). Nola is a seventeen-year-old girl who attends a private school in a different state. With Nola at home for spring break, Mrs. Dietrich plans a day to go shopping with Nola because Nola needs a few things for school, however, her real reason is because, "mother and daughter need time together" (169). This day to go shopping, now on the day before Nola goes back to school, was put off twice because Nola has been out with her friends. Nola does not reciprocate the same feelings of wanting to spend time with her mother and this pains Mrs. Dietrich. Mrs. Dietrich wants to be a big part of her daughter's life, but finds that the more she tries, the more hurt she feels. I want to show that Mrs. Dietrich's love for Nola pushes Nola emotionally further away. .
Nola goes to a private school in Maine. Because of this distance, Mrs. Dietrich only sees her daughter on vacations. After a month of first being at school, Nola calls home to express how much she loves school and that, "she adored her suite-mates she adored most of her teachers particularly her riding instructor Tern Nola loved Tern but she wasn't in love" (173). Mrs. Dietrich broke down crying when she heard this. She did not cry out of joy for her daughter's gaiety and enthusiasm for school but out of jealousy. When Nola left for school, she was an unhappy child and her mother felt helpless for this. Now with Nola away from her, Nola is happy. On these shopping days together, which has become a ritual together, Mrs.
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