In The Memorial, Angela’s transcendental journey is disclosed to us through various steps, where we see her devotion grow as she moves further along. During the ninth step, Angela reveals some of the things that she abstained from and some of the things that she integrated into her daily life in order to strengthen her relationship with God. Once “the path to the cross” became clear to her, Angela started to reject “fine food, fancy clothing and head dresses.” In addition, she also stripped herself in a literal and metaphorical sense which strongly indicates her drive to follow God, regardless of society’s view on what is scandalous or not.