An Analysis of “Roses, Rhododendron” “Roses, Rhododendron” by Alice Adams is a story about the life of a little girl who moves down South, to North Carolina from Boston with her mother to pursue a new life. Jane is being raised in a single parent home in a beautiful small town where she finds some friends and has a fairly descent life. The central idea behind the story that the author is subliminally suggesting, is that, life can become rough and cruel sometimes but having a good and loyal friend would help to smooth out the harshness of life. Another words a good friend is for ever. The story begins with John Kil