Amalia's Arc of ResistanceAmalia moves from festival beauty to defiant refused girl to silent caretaker.1The Festival Beautyon 3 July, three years before the story2Defiance at the Windowthe morning after the festival3The Unbroken Silencewhen the family is being socially destroyed4Caretaker of Broken Parentsthe years of isolation in the hovel5Amalia's Icy Kindnessthe evening when K. visits the Barnabas house