In the introduction of "The Entertainer" by Whitney Collins, readers can see how Rachel's mom is almost controlling her, and answering questions for her. You can see how Rachel's mother gives bad advice on eating' "think  of your hunger as a wheelchair". The introduction gives a foreshadowing on how the mother's personality is. Also you can see how the Billingsley family just uses Rachel like a puppet, for entertainment.

In the end of the story, Mrs. Billingsley is drunk in her bad and talks poorly about her daughters, saying that if they weren't rich they would be dead. Mrs. Billingsley just wants her kids to live a normal life, you can tell her kids are spoiled. Readers see that Mrs. Billingsley want to go back to her middle class life, and she also gives Rachel tips about relationships, she opens up and tells rachel that she isn't happy, he just had money.