Helen On Eighty-Sixth Street Analysis
The short story “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”by Wendi Kaufman. The story goes something like this.Vita is trying out for a play but she doesn't get the spot of helen troy that she wanted. When she comes home the problems add on with her dad not being home for 3 years and a mom's boyfriend. She becomes helen of troy and the night of the play she hopes her dad comes but he doesn't this is where Vita finds something better. The Author always states clues of her finding her true self in the book.Such as when she doesn't get her third wish but she gets over the grief of it after the play. “Helen on Eighty Sixth street” is about finding your true self from things that hurt you from the past.
In “Helen on Eighty- Sixth Street” Vita finds her
true self threw her biggest flaws.One of Helen’s biggest flaws is that she is jealous of Helen. Initially, she is jealous because…. Helen got the spot in the play as Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street but later on we find out Helen gets sick so therefore Vita gets the spot of Helen. Then Vita makes three wishes in the story one being she wants to be “Helen of Troy” two being she wants her mom’s boyfriend to go away and three is for her dad to come back later in the story we find out that Vita gets two out of the three wishes that being she gets to be Helen and her mom boyfriend leaves but… she doesn't not get to see her dad come back eventually we find out that Vita finds her true self at the end of the play when her dad does not come.
When Vita does not see her dad at the play, she finds her true self. The author writes, “I spot my mom sitting in the front row, alone. I try to scan the back wall, looking for a sign of him, a familiar shadow. Nothing”(Kaufman 134). At this point Vita has one last hope that her dad will return and watch the place that she's in.As a reader we recognize that the dad is not coming to watch Vita in the play. At this point is when Vita finds her true self in her biggest flaws. During the moment of when Vita wants her dad back and when she makes sacrifices to get her dad back, and to the end where we see as the reader Vita realizes her dad his not coming. At first Vita Wishes she had her dad back “Would Daddy think I was beautiful?” However towards the middle she makes sacrifices to get her dad back in her life. After that Vita has her play and she realizes that her dad has not come back yet “There is a prickly feeling up the back of my neck. “ Vita says this at the end of the story. The dad not coming back remains a source of us thinking about how we can find our true self through our flaws.
“Helen on Eighty Sixth Street” reflects Vitas deep feelings of lose and recovering. Kids often fell hurt when something bad happens in there life but the real lesson is how they get over it and turn that negative into a positive. Therefore as we know we can’t let bad things weigh us down in life because we all want the sky to be our limit and learn good things from the bad things. You need to believe in yourself and all that you are and know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
In “Helen on Eighty- Sixth Street” Vita finds her
true self threw her biggest flaws.One of Helen’s biggest flaws is that she is jealous of Helen. Initially, she is jealous because…. Helen got the spot in the play as Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street but later on we find out Helen gets sick so therefore Vita gets the spot of Helen. Then Vita makes three wishes in the story one being she wants to be “Helen of Troy” two being she wants her mom’s boyfriend to go away and three is for her dad to come back later in the story we find out that Vita gets two out of the three wishes that being she gets to be Helen and her mom boyfriend leaves but… she doesn't not get to see her dad come back eventually we find out that Vita finds her true self at the end of the play when her dad does not come.
When Vita does not see her dad at the play, she finds her true self. The author writes, “I spot my mom sitting in the front row, alone. I try to scan the back wall, looking for a sign of him, a familiar shadow. Nothing”(Kaufman 134). At this point Vita has one last hope that her dad will return and watch the place that she's in.As a reader we recognize that the dad is not coming to watch Vita in the play. At this point is when Vita finds her true self in her biggest flaws. During the moment of when Vita wants her dad back and when she makes sacrifices to get her dad back, and to the end where we see as the reader Vita realizes her dad his not coming. At first Vita Wishes she had her dad back “Would Daddy think I was beautiful?” However towards the middle she makes sacrifices to get her dad back in her life. After that Vita has her play and she realizes that her dad has not come back yet “There is a prickly feeling up the back of my neck. “ Vita says this at the end of the story. The dad not coming back remains a source of us thinking about how we can find our true self through our flaws.
“Helen on Eighty Sixth Street” reflects Vitas deep feelings of lose and recovering. Kids often fell hurt when something bad happens in there life but the real lesson is how they get over it and turn that negative into a positive. Therefore as we know we can’t let bad things weigh us down in life because we all want the sky to be our limit and learn good things from the bad things. You need to believe in yourself and all that you are and know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.