How To Make An American Guilt Essay

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The Right Choices Finn Dodd is the main character in the film How to Make An American Quilt. According to her boyfriend Sam’s marriage advice, Finn decides to visit her aunt and grandmother to complete her thesis and think over the proposal. At her grandmother's home, a quilting group get together. She is shocked and surprised to discover that the current quilt that they are working on is a wedding gift for when she gets married. The theme of the quilt is "where is the love". Because Finn is unsure whether she is ready for marriage, the stories of the women in the quilting group open her eyes to the existence of different kinds of love. During her time at her grandmother's house, she meets Leon at the local pool and embarks on a brief affair …show more content…
The right choices will enhance your quilt. The wrong choices will dull the colors and hide their original beauty. There are no rules you can follow. You have to go by instinct and you have to be brave” (American Quilt, 1995). Finn is at a crossroads in her life, but at last she makes a right choice and lives a happy life by the end of the film. She learns the lesson from the lives of the quilters which can help her in her efforts to define herself. Finn says “I have lost track of the sort of girl that I am. I used to be a young scholar; I am now an engaged woman. Not that you cannot be both—even I understand that—yet I cannot fathom who I think I am at this time” (American Quilt, 1995). Her grandmother’s quilting friends are trying to define her own place in the world, to master what marriage can be and the ways in which it may shape her life. Finn loves her fiancé Sam and her questions arise not from any doubts about her feelings for him but rather from a sense that she herself has. Finn has a scholar’s mind and she has an interest in the details that make up a human life. She also draws on both in her efforts to come to terms with the possibilities her future may

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