Dream to be Vassar Spore is a 16 year old girl who enjoys education. She may not be your typical 16 year old girl though. Miss Spore has always wanted to be very smart. A few things you should know about her family is that they are kind of a little different. Her mother and father are hygienist. They like things to be organized and planned. However Vassar is the same way because that is how she was raised. But, her grandma on the other hand is completely opposite she is okay with going with the flow. Vassar sorta feels that her grandma is trying to blackmail her parents because she overheard her grandma talking to her parents. Though one day her grandma sent her a card with a plane ticket to Asia one day out of the blue. So, after she got the ticket her grandma called her and wanted to talk to her parents. Vassar lives in Seattle WA though so she had to fly a long way …show more content…
To do so she must become a valid Victorian. You may wonder why does she want to go to this college so bad? Well, her mom did not get accepted in so, she is now following her mother's dream. Currently she is up against Wendy Stepunkler. Wendy is a tough person to beat. 1 thing Miss. Spore struggles with though, is sports. She is good at everything, but sports. Vassar Spore is more of an inside person though. Vassar would rather read about nature than explore nature. You may wonder why would she not want to explore outside well, that is just how she was raised. She has a little trouble going with the flow though. 1 thing she could never live without would definitely be planning. You may wonder why was she named Vassar the same name as the college she wants to go to? Well, her mom did not get accepted in so she decided her daughter would. So, a quick re-cap would be Vassar Spore is the more learning type. She loves to learn That is just who she is. Vassar wants to be in charge of things, but not in a mean way. So, Vassar wants to be
The band of characters is drawn from every level of the class system. Unique interactions among characters from different social standings are conveyed, from the distressed, kindly gardener, to the impertinent daughter of the village innkeeper, to the prosperous de Luce family, and to the royalty. What appealed to me was that Flavia could trace her family’s history back many generations, and for one to be able to make these personal connections is extremely rare. Of course, this awareness of their past is correlated to the de Luce’s chain of affluence.
First we will take a look at grandmother. She is made to look like the saint in this story. Her, in contrast to the rest, is the good person, always looking out for the best of others. She is not going on vacation, she is going to visit her "connections" in Tennessee. While on the drive, to their destination, she sits and admires the scenery as the others are more interested in the funny papers or the sports section. She brings the cat along on the trip for the good of the cat. She didn't want the cat to accidently kill himself by turning on the gas on the stove or something. She is the "Christ-like" figure of this story, and this is more relevant at the end of the story when she confronts the Misfit. Just like in so many other O'Connor stories the grandmother, the good character, is going to take the hardest fall.
In the whole story, the grandmother is shown as self- centered and manipulative character. She has her own ideas about the forthcoming vacation, but no one cares for them. “Why dontcha stay at home?” her eight-year-old grandson asks dismissively while her precocious granddaughter rather contemptuously observes, “She wouldn’t stay at home to be queen for a day” (227). However, reading between the lines of June Star’s observations, the reader quickly realizes that the grandmother is ...
The Misfit was no exception to her ways of manipulation but her efforts came up short. Her actions, in many ways, could be compared to species of prey as they use their unique characteristics to elude the grasp of their predators. Just as the speed of the gazelle against the strength of the lion, the grandmother’s intelligence could be compared to the Misfit’s need for vengeance. When some people can see death coming, they will do anything in their power to avoid it. The grandmother knew who she was dealing with as soon as she saw the Misfit’s face. Yet, she tried to fool herself into believing that her sure fate could have been changed by her own actions. It is hard to say that her actions were just out of manipulation. T...
In the opening paragraph, the author sets a brisk and detailed tone to describe that the relationship between the narrator's family was very closed. For example, they sent the letters every week, and after war was over, they went back to visit them every summer. The author also describes each person’s appearance and personality, such as Aunt J. was thin and she had a romantic figure. Before the narrator's dream came true, her aunts and family gave her much support, such as they took her to visit the Canadian Authors’ Association, and went to visit Ernest Buckler. In the publication of the narrator's first book, she uses her mother and aunts’ scandalizing stories without their permission. Her aunts only said, “it was wonderful−a real book! ” and “here were certain things that were not said and done in her generation, but they could be said and done by mine, and more power to me for doing them”. For the aunts, the story was like a passing of something from one generation to another. Now, this was on the narrator's
Jeanette had somewhat of an usual childhood compared to other kids in the United States. Where most kids don’t have to worry about if there are going to school or the money problems that come up, nevertheless Jeannette has to worry. Jeannette have to deal with her self center mother , her eccentricity father , her older sister that does not protect her and her brother that give up almost everything for her. Jeannette overcome it all and become the strong woman that all reader will believe she is .
Near the beginning of the movie her brother dies from falling out of a third story window and she is forced to buy a coffin for him because her parents are unable to communicate this is largely because of the lack of accommodations that were available during the time. As the movie progresses and she faces more of lives hardships she starts to realize that she is the connection between the hearing and non-hearing worlds for her parents. For her graduation her father makes a kind jester of purchasing a hearing aid, which was one of the early models. Unfortunately her misunderstanding led to he feeling embarrassed of her parents although, it is unfair that she hid away her parents from her social life in the first place. One of the main characters that really kept her grounded was Mr. Petrakis. A kind elderly man who runs a pawnshop down the street. He also tends to be her way of venting because she doesn’t know how to tell her parents how upset she is. After her graduation she starts as a secretary where she meets her eventual husband William Anglin who repeatedly asks her out, but is unable to up until he is leaving for basic training for WWII. After they date are dating for a while ...
Miss Brill is very observant of what happens around her. However, she is not in tune with her own self. She has a disillusioned view of herself. She does not admit her feelings of dejection at the end. She seems not even to notice her sorrow. Miss Brill is concerned merely with the external events, and not with internal emotions. Furthermore, Miss Brill is proud. She has been very open about her thoughts. However, after the comments from the young lovers, her thoughts are silenced. She is too proud to admit her sorrow and dejection; she haughtily refuses to acknowledge that she is not important.
Jane spends her first 10 years of her life at Gateshead Hall, a lavish mansion. She lived with her Aunt, Mrs Reed, and three cousins, Eliza, Georgina and John. During her time in the mansion she wouldn't dare argue with the mistress, and fulfilled every duty. Jane is deprived of love, joy and acceptance. She is very much unwanted and isolated.
...d longs for her elder sister and mother. Frances is a good person – at heart – and is always looking out for her younger sister. Moreover, even though she has different views that her father and will always do the opposite of what is expected of her, it is seen that this insecurity is caused by James indeed. Frances feels that in order to gain security in her life, she must perform these actions. She feels compelled to live her life the way she does. Frances’s naughty and mischievous behaviour can be viewed as a weakness she possesses, and she longs to correct these weaknesses by her actions. She is not a role model by any means, but she is by no means the Devil’s advocate. A sincere heart – compelled by circumstances – does its best to make the situation turn out for the better than the worse, and Frances, through her love for her mother, inevitably does just that.
Viramontes sets a disconcerting tone by introducing that it is night time and Sonya, the young girl, has lost her key and cannot let her younger brother, Macky, and herself into their apartment. The first few paragraphs succeed in showing that Sonya is responsible and protective of her brother despite her age as she chases after him to keep him out of the street.
At the beginning of the novel while Jane is living under her aunt, Mrs. Reed, she is treated disrespectfully and cruelly. She accuses Jane of being deceitful and a troublesome girl in front of Mr. Brocklehurst, the master of Lowood School. Jane is so hurt by this accusation that she cannot stop herself from defending her well being, and she stands up to her aunt. She knows she is being treated disrespectful and has much more self-worth than ...
The novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, has a plot that is filled with an extraordinary amount of problems. Or so it seems as you are reading it. However, it comes to your attention after you have finished it, that there is a common thread running throughout the book. There are many little difficulties that the main character, the indomitable Jane Eyre, must deal with, but once you reach the end of the book you begin to realize that all of Jane's problems are based around one thing. Jane searches throughout the book for love and acceptance, and is forced to endure many hardships before finding them. First, she must cope with the betrayal of the people who are supposed to be her family - her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her children, Eliza, Georgiana, and John. Then there is the issue of Jane's time at Lowood School, and how Jane goes out on her own after her best friend leaves. She takes a position at Thornfield Hall as a tutor, and makes some new friendships and even a romance. Yet her newfound happiness is taken away from her and she once again must start over. Then finally, after enduring so much, during the course of the book, Jane finally finds a true family and love, in rather unexpected places.
The next unclear situation is when the Governess learns of Miles’ expulsion. This is one of the main mysteries within this story. The question, “What does it mean? The child’s dismissed his school,” is the only question that the reader has throughout the conversation between the Governess and Mrs. Grose (165). Even though their conversation does inform the reader that the school has “absolutely decline[d]” Miles, it doesn’t clarify what exactly he has done to be expelled (165). The Governess comments, “That he’s an injury to the others” and “to corrupt” are her own opinions as to why Miles was expelled (165, 166). Nevertheless, her comment does not help the reader in any way because the remark in and of itself is unclear. Her first comment suggests that Miles might be causing physical harm to other students but her second ...
To understand the logic behind the actions of the grandmother, the consideration of what may have been her past life is very essential. O’Connor writes this story in 3rd person omniscient allowing the reader to have limited access to the thoughts of the grandmother. A sense of distrust is established immediately in the beginning of the story when the grandmother did not want to go to Florida and “she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s mind.”(193). Along with the sense of distrust in the relationship between the reader and the grandmother created from her actions, the aspects of a aristocratic lifestyle that once engulfed the grandmother begin to surface. Character...