Love is determined by the feeling the person has for another. The color of the skin, the culture, or the gender should not ever get into the way of love. As they liked each other for WHO they were, people looked at them for how they LOOKED.Īfter I read this book, this is what I got from the book. They didn't care who saw, they just wanted to be together. And slowly, turning away.' (If You Come Softly, page 123, paragraph 1-2)Īlthough the people they were surrounded by was unsupportive, their love for each other made all the problems go away. Just two girls talking-saying something about him and Ellie, then getting caught. They didn't seem angry or suprised or hurt. When he looked up, the girls turned away. yeah, they looked, and once, Miah had caught two black girls staring at him and Ellie and whispering. Sometimes Miah imagined their turning away in slow motion-the eyes cast downward, the heads moving slowly above the collars of Percy uniforms. And if you come I will be silent Nor speak harsh words to you. You may sit beside me Silent as a breath Only those who stay dead Shall remeber death. If you come as lightly As threading dew I will take you gladly Nor ask more of you. Turn away from them kissing outside their classrooms. If You Come Softly If you come as softly As the wind within the trees You may hear hwat I hear See what sorrow sees. From his arm around Ellie's shoulder as they walked through the halls. It was strange the way the students seemed to turn away from it, from him and Ellie holding hands on the Percy stairs. Many people throughout the story didn't approve the fact that they were dating because it's adnormal to see a white girl with a black guy.

In this story, Jeremiah who is African American and Ellie who is Jewish began to like each other. The theme of the story, If You Come Softly, is best known as true love has no color.

If u come softly