The characterization of "good mother east river" contributes to the tone of paragraph 45 because It characterizes Liz's death as an escape from a life of pain and sorrow.
Explanation:
The paragraph 45 tells the story about the death of Liz and how while she was trying to run away from all the conflict in her life and wanting to be apart from her family and the family's ways she encounters with the river that would take her to her end, which is mention as the most tragic, fast and violent moment of her life yet the most pacifying and relaxing too.
