Character Analysis On Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt was a strong woman who was caring, generous, and loving. She experienced many horrible things as a child, such as her father, mother, and brother dying when she was only seven years old. As a young child Eleanor had it exceptionally tough, her mother used to call her “granny” because of her seriousness. Eleanor was always called the ugly duckling as a child because of her looks and appearance. Then Eleanor’s mother, Ana, became ill with painful headaches, and would ask Eleanor to sit for hours holding her head and stroking her forehead, which seemed to be the only thing which helped. Eleanor always cared for other, this is shown in the text, “ But even at age seven, Eleanor was glad to be helping someone, glad to be