Judith Passage

To me this passage shows Judith's breaking point for life. She couldn't be the son that her father would've wanted because of the rules of society and when she tries to marry and be a good daughter her intended is murdered. I think within this passage we finally see the inner workings of this character. Since nothing else worked for her in her life she sees passing on the letter to someone outside her family will mean that she did leave her mark on the world in some way. maybe not with military achievements or with progeny, but with her story. She just seems tired of trying to "make" a life for herself so instead decides to give a piece of it to a stranger in order to let what life she did lead be known to someone who might be able to pass it on. 

The ending of this passage was like a flashback to As I Lay Dying: ". . . while the block of stone cant be is because it never can become was because it cant ever die or perish. . ." this sounds like something Darl would say (101).