The attorney informs Nikki that the law is not on their side and it is unlikely that Mother Rita will get the land back. However, Mother Rita doesn’t believe that. Why do you think she is so certain?
I’m not sure that it was because she was so certain. I think it was more that she was so determined not to leave, she truly believed it was her property and she was going to stay, no matter what the law said.
For Mother Rita, the land isn’t just property. It’s sacred space tied to generations of survival and community. When something carries that level of meaning, it stops being a matter of paperwork. She somehow manages to retain faith that moral truth outweighs legal technicalities despite historical evidence of the legal system letting down her community. It’s remarkable determination.
I think she is a positive person. This is her families land and she also does not want to be evicted.
My exact thoughts! She clearly couldn’t think of any logical reason why it wasn’t her land.
I agree with Joanna that Mother Rita believed. After all, Happy Land had been created and succeeded against enormous obstacles due to people’s belief that they could do it. They had created a sacred space, and although the space was smaller, her space would not be taken away.
Where there is a will, there is a way. Certainly Mother Rita had the will and she was hoping someone could help her find a way.
Faith can cause one to believe in miracles and not even think they are miracles, but that it will just work out. I do not that have that kind of faith. LOL
Sometimes hope is all there is in life for us to hang on to. We saw it in her ancestors too
Faith History/Herstory. Belief in the story the cemetery stones
I think Mother Rita had an iron will and that if she willed something it would happen. Her iron will was a plus in this situation, but it also was a detriment in other situations when she couldn’t bend people to her will. When those situations occurred, such as with her daughter, she lashed out which could cause damage that took decades to repair.
We all have similar responses that Mother Rita was not one to give up and that the property simply could not be lost. After all, the idea of a kingdom was an unbelievable outcome but it happened. People like Mother Rita often seem to make the unbelievable happen.