Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit... Close Read

At the end of the chapter Judges on page 136 I found one line that jumped out at me and struck me as odd. When Jeanette decides that she will not repent her sins(being lesbian) because she feels as if she has done nothing wrong because she is only following what her heart is telling her to do, the church and her mother decide that they will get rid of her. Jeanette's mother says "I'm not havin' demons here" assuming that Jeanette is a demon. This is extremely important because Jeanette's mother no longer looks at Jeanette as her daughter but as a demon, and wants nothing to do with her. Throughout my life I have always heard parents say that they love their children unconditionally and that no matter what their children do they will always love them, it seems to be a common theme among parents when talking about their children. Jeanettes mother obviously does not, and when she can't make Jeanette into the "cookie cutter" perfect christian that she wants her to be she says she has to leave because shes apparently full of demons. When Jeanette's mind starts racing thinking about where she is going to go she realizes that she doesn't have anywhere to go her mother tells her "The devil looks after his own." At this point Jeanette's mother has now completely disclaimed Jeanette and is basically telling her that she is no longer her daughter or her responsibility but the responsibility of the devil a "devil's child".