Why does Jocelyn Fray keep her life a big secret?

1.       A Better life

Without being in the other world, she thought it would be safer to be in the human world where she thinks she belongs. Taking Clary to get her mind erased and not remember at all of what she is drawing and what’s happening wasn’t a smart idea. She knew either way that she would find out. Instead of keeping this “better life” a secret she should have told Clary. Clary thinks this all her imagination when in reality its really happening. “Jocelyn grew up in Idris with Luke, Valentine, and the other Circle members. She was married to Valentine at the age of 19, though she says she married him because she loved him, she later realized that he was torturing innocent people. She fled Idris when she found out she was pregnant with Clary, so he could not do harm to her daughter like he did on Jonathan (Sebastian), her first-born son.”

2.       Valentine

Even though Jocelyn was afraid of Valentine, it didn’t and still doesn’t help running away from your problems. Protecting Clary, yes a good idea. Instead of just running away from him she could have done something by doing it herself. Nobody had to help her if they didn’t want to but it would have been better if she tried stopping him alone or with someone. “Years later, when City of Bones begins, Valentine finds Jocelyn and wants her to reveal where the Mortal Cup is located. He kidnaps her, but is unable to extract information from her due to her self-induced comatose state. He eventually secures the Mortal Cup, and the Mortal Sword and goes to the Mortal Mirror to summon the Angel Raziel. His arrogance, however, as well as his torturing of the angel Ithuriel, Raziel's brother, causes the angel to slay him.”

3.       Family

Even family or not it would be better to tell things instead of secrets. Because Clary has no idea on what she is doing until she finds out what has been happening. Not knowing where her mother was really from and why Luke isn’t helping her. Joceyln risking her life for her daughter is good but it shows that she needs to care more about others than just herself. She may have gotten kidnapped and almost die she could have still gotten some help. “Valentine is the former husband of Jocelyn Fairchild, with whom he had two children (Clarissa "Clary" Adele Morgenstern and Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern). Clarissa realizes that she is Valentine's daughter in the first book, City of Bones, but being raised by Jocelyn her whole life is void of Valentine's influence. His son however, was tutored by him to be a very talented Shadowhunter and ruthless killer. He later becomes Valentine's spy, taking the name Sebastian Verlac. Valentine also adopts Jace Herondale as his son, training him as well as Jonathan, making him as skilled a Shadowhunter as Jonathan.”

4.       Secrets

Although keeping secrets in a family matter will be good to protect someone from getting hurt. For Jocelyn needed to stop thinking about herself for once. She would have been less selfish and more dependent on than just doing what she can. Like I know she can but she should have fixed the problem at hand at first then run away.

5.       Fear

Being in fear isn’t as good as a shadow hunter. Jocelyn needed to be more empathetic for what she was doing. Yeah she was trying to keep Clary safe but hiding in fear isn’t always an option. Look where she ends up now. Almost dead but still ends up alive.