When Winnie is invited back to her father's house after all these years of being on the Island it leaves me wondering why was she cut off from her father for such a long time? When she meets her father again her father is not mean or distant he overall sees very nice to her and even invites Winnie to spend the week in preparation. Winnie's father shows Winnie things from her childhood and we see that he remembers small things from her child hood like her thoughts on a certain painting. Winnie's father even gives her advice on how to have a happy family and how her husband will have the stronger opinion.If he has shown all this love and care for his daughter then why did he put her on that island for most of her life? I think the thing is that Winnie's father is reminded to much of Winnie's mother by Winnie. That would then explain why Winnie was sent to the Island so quickly after her mothers disappearance. Winnie's father wanted everything to do with Winnie's mother to be gone or sent away.
I would say that the reason Winnie's father is so nice to her upon her return is due to a love that he still harbors inside of himself for Winnie's mother. When they meet, Winnie is around the same age, perhaps a few years younger, when her parents both met. This could lead to a strong sense of nostalgia in her father, remembering the feelings he had when he first saw her and could be the reason for his pleasant demeanor.
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