THE WHITE UMBRELLA: how does the car accident most affect the resolution of plot

With the events that happen during the time of the accident, the narrator realizes the extent to which she values her mother and that she doesn't need an umbrella that represents her earlier rejection of her mother.

Explanation:

in what story are we looking at?

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,