Summary

In “The Shark,” Norma Jeane describes seeing a shark strung up on a pier. She notes she was 15 and engaged. She would be married at 16 instead of going back to high school. Her fiancé was warned that Norma Jeane’s mother was in an institution and that Norma Jeane might be mentally ill as well. Her fiancé argued he was marrying Norma Jeane, not her mother.

In “Time To Get Married,” Elsie Pirig, Norma Jeane’s foster mother, mentioned to Norma Jeane that it was time for her to get married. Elsie sensed Warren, her husband, was sexually attracted to Norma Jeane. Since Elsie did not want to send Norma Jeane back to the orphanage, she decided to find Norma Jeane a husband. Elsie made Warren accept her plan by telling him she feared Norma Jeane might...