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The Girl With A Pearl Earring
“Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.” - Mitch Albom. Tracy Chevalier paints a poignant piece in The Girl With A Pearl Earring of the protagonist, as the sixteen-year old Griet navigating her way through life in a small town in Holland during the 17th century. The protagonist finds herself working as a housemaid to the painter Johannes Vermeer and his family, without knowing the mark she’ll eventually leave behind on one of his most well known masterpieces remembered even today. The setting and their views on social status and its intricate effect on the interaction and the state of living of the characters eminently plays a role in the novel, and how characters try to break away
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