"There were the potted palms, the shiny machines and swooping desk lamps. People were moving about between desks, or leaning on a partition, chatting and sharing jokes, while others had pulled their swivel chairs close to each other and were enjoying a coffee and sandwich" (158).
The above quote utilizes parallelism in the description of the office in which Ruth's "possible" works. The parallelism is effective in this position because it demonstrates that the office is just right (just as Ruth has pictured for years). The parallelism shows that everthing was just right because everything fits well in the flow of the sentence. The parallelism that describes the office leads into the children finding the "possible." The "possible" seems to fit the profile in both her surroundings and her view from afar. However, despite these promising beginnings, the "possible" turns out to be a dud. Once the children follow her and listen to her, they realize that this could not be her. Everyone has their own reasons why, but the general realization is that this is not Ruth's possible. The parallelism that begins their journey shows promise, but the quest ultimately ends in defeat on more than one level, They did not find Ruth's possible, but Kathy and Tommy are losing Ruth even more. The group splits up in a strong contrast to the togetherness of the parallelism at the beginning.
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