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Clay's redemption comes from another who cannot accept either world as her own. All through the book, it is clear that Clay loves aunt Easter and her family, and his extended family. However, Clay never had what most children have -- his own father and mother. He never knew his real father, and he lost his mother when he was far too young. Alma, another outcast from the spiritual world, gives him the greatest gift he could ever receive, the gift of love and a real family of his own. The three literary critics continue, "At last, Clay has that which he has never truly had -- a family of his own. Now the void inside him that neither the church nor the honky-tonk could fill overflows with joy as he kisses Alma repeatedly" (Blythe, Sweet, and Rahimzadeh). By the end of the book, Clay is a father, sharing the Kentucky countryside with his daughter, just as his mother used to do with him. He has come full circle, from a youth without goals or purpose, to a father who will love and protect his little daughter. His character matures and he becomes a man because he fits together the pieces of his life, just as his uncle fitted together...
He creates a new world for himself when he marries Alma and starts his own family. He uncovers a side of himself that he did not know when he grieves for his uncle and his mother, and most of all; he becomes content with his life. Before, he was searching for something he could not find in the secular or spiritual world, but when all the pieces fall into place, he grows into a confident and happy husband and father.
References
Blythe, Hal, Charlie Sweet, and Kevin Rahimzadeh. "The Sacred and the Secular in Clay's Quilt." Notes on Contemporary Literature 36.1 (2006).
House, Silas. Clay's Quilt. New York: Ballentine Books, 2001.
Stankard, Linda. "Clay's Quilt." Bookpage.com. 2001. 2 May 2009.
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