Character Description

As we all know Sylvia is the mother of Sonny. Throughout the book, it is clear that Sylvia is a mother that has not been much of a mother to Sonny. Sylvia is portrayed as a mother who was not really always there for Sonny. We can see this in the book when Sonny says, " It was that my mom if she wasn't at her job, was out on dates and whatever. And sometimes she'd get in so late I wouldn't be awake" (Gilb 5).
We can also see that she is really into looking nice everyday. For example, Sonny states, " She was being too pretty like always" (Gilb 10). Sonny goes on and says, " My mom was dressed too pretty to take serious, shampoo in her hair and body lotion smell..." (Gilb 17). These quotes show that Sylvia takes much care about her appearance when instead she could be taking care of Sonny.