St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves
In the story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell, there is a dynamic character and a static character. “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Werewolves” is about girls who were raised by werewolves then brought to a school in the woods to make the girls more civilized and human-like.
The dynamic character in the story is Jeanette because she is handling this change to human culture perfectly fine and the static character is Mirabella because she is struggling in changing to the human culture.
In Stage 1, Jeanette, along with the rest of the girls from her family, were still acting like wolves, very uncivilized and tough. “We tore through the austere rooms, overturning dresser drawers, pawing through neat piles of …show more content…
“The dim bedroom was windowless and odorless. We remedied this by spraying exuberant yellow streams all over the bunks. We jumped from bunk to bunk, spraying.” (Russell 225). This quote shows that when the girls first got to the home, Mirabella acted just like the rest of them. Later in Stage 3, we see that Mirabella doesn’t really change. “Almost everybody was fully bipedal. Almost. The pack was worried about Mirabella. Mirabella would rip foamy chunks out of the church pews and replace them with ham bones and girl dander.” (Russell 230). This quote shows that Mirabella hasn’t really changed from her past life. Mirabella is still acting like an uncivilized animal. Mirabella still doesn’t even know how to speak in English yet! (Russell 238). This shows that Mirabella is struggling with and not accepting the change to human culture.
Overall, it is pretty obvious that Jeanette is the dynamic character in the story and Mirabella is the static character in the story. Jeanette easily and quickly accepted the change from wolf-like culture to human-like culture. Mirabella never changed from her past culture, she still acts like an animal and talks in her past language. In the end, Jeanette accepts the change and Mirabella does
The dynamic character in the story is Jeanette because she is handling this change to human culture perfectly fine and the static character is Mirabella because she is struggling in changing to the human culture.
In Stage 1, Jeanette, along with the rest of the girls from her family, were still acting like wolves, very uncivilized and tough. “We tore through the austere rooms, overturning dresser drawers, pawing through neat piles of …show more content…
“The dim bedroom was windowless and odorless. We remedied this by spraying exuberant yellow streams all over the bunks. We jumped from bunk to bunk, spraying.” (Russell 225). This quote shows that when the girls first got to the home, Mirabella acted just like the rest of them. Later in Stage 3, we see that Mirabella doesn’t really change. “Almost everybody was fully bipedal. Almost. The pack was worried about Mirabella. Mirabella would rip foamy chunks out of the church pews and replace them with ham bones and girl dander.” (Russell 230). This quote shows that Mirabella hasn’t really changed from her past life. Mirabella is still acting like an uncivilized animal. Mirabella still doesn’t even know how to speak in English yet! (Russell 238). This shows that Mirabella is struggling with and not accepting the change to human culture.
Overall, it is pretty obvious that Jeanette is the dynamic character in the story and Mirabella is the static character in the story. Jeanette easily and quickly accepted the change from wolf-like culture to human-like culture. Mirabella never changed from her past culture, she still acts like an animal and talks in her past language. In the end, Jeanette accepts the change and Mirabella does