An example of when ignorance is worse than knowledge is when T. Ray, Lily’s father told Lily that her mother had left her, Lily Responded by saying “I knew exactly what to do - leave.” (Kidd 41) This was a decision made with ignorance because she hadn't fully thought through the decisions of leaving her home with her father. This was an especially bad for Lily because her father was her only remaining family that hadn’t died. Lily also didn’t have any friends that she was close enough to so that she could seek refuge with them from T. Ray. So Lily began to go through her mother’s things to find out where she had lived. “Suddenly I stood still. Tiburon, South Carolina. Of course. …show more content…
For example, a time when knowledge and experience were bad was the time when Lily had the accident with her mother. After T. Ray had gotten Lily out of jail because Rosaleen stole two fans, T. Ray started talking about Lily’s