Liying Wang

 The story " The entertainer" is begin with a plan to the beach. Rachel's mother is a woman in divorce, so she really want Rachel go to the beach. Because she wants Rachel to learn something by herself and be grow up fast. However, it's complex than it looks. In the end of the story, Rachel's father shows up. He is a entertainer and poor guy with no future. So that's the reason why her mother expect her to marry a rich man in order to get both Rachel and her mother's life more easy and happy. It's kind of entertaining to put people's happiness on others. That's kind of weird and stupid.