The book White Oleander is the story of a girl and her mother. Astrid Magnussen is the daughter of a beautiful‚ ethereal artist named Ingrid. Ingrid is irresponsible but strong‚ powerful‚ and commanding. “She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen…” Astrid says‚ “I know a lot of young girls think that when they’re small but she was the most beautiful woman most people had ever seen.” Ingrid has strength‚ a certain calloused cynicism about her shrouded in the illusion of realism. Astrid is young
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Astrid is thrusted into a myriad of unmerited situations- the foster homes. One evil stepmother leads to another in this tale of adversity and just when Astrid’s prospects brighten under a shining sun‚ the clouds roll in and it begins to rain. "White Oleander" is a Cinderella story with all the ingredients of misery and misfortune but the wrong ending. At the beginning of her first real encounter with calamity‚ Astrid is inundated with a deluge of emotions‚ leaving her dazed. It is during this time
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Matthew Vasquez September 26‚ 2010 Period 9/10 Final Copy In the novel White Oleander by Janet Fitch‚ Astrid has been through many life changing experiences. A new obstacle awaits her throughout the time she spends at each foster home. Her loss of identity shifts her faith throughout the story. Astrid’s identity evolves during the periods of time and locations she traveled through. As time goes by‚ Astrid changes mentally from living with her mother
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likely be the outcome. Brian seems more timid than anything towards the action of taking charge because it seems to be that he is not intending to get in the cross fires of his wife’s opinions. In contrast to Anna in My Sister’s Keeper‚ Astrid in White Oleander‚ was left by her birth mother‚ and if being in the foster care system wasn’t hard enough on her as a young girl‚ having such horrid foster parents had to be the beginning of the end of Astrid’s sanity. Astrid is
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White Oleander‚ a flower‚ a hearty-but-poisonous flower whose beauty makes it appear deceptively fragile. This flower‚ can stand has a metaphor for Ingrid. Ingrid is strong‚ beautiful‚ and self-possessed‚ but she acts as a poison to everyone around her‚ especially her impressionable daughter‚ Astrid‚ who idolizes her mother. An universal theme in this story is the that of a child trying to escape from the pernicious influence of a misguided parent. It continues to develop into a story over dominance
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Symbols and Settings in The Awakening and White Oleander Kate Chopin’s classic The Awakening and Janet Fitch’s modern tale of White Oleander‚ though set many years apart‚ share some of the same elements of fiction. Each possesses several key settings that are both recurring and prominent places in the stories. Much of the story takes place within these settings‚ making it easy for the audience to pick up on their distinction. Both stories also contain numerous symbols that help to convey the
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ended up breaking her window trying to get in‚ and Ingrid was afraid and stabbed his hand. Ingrid purchased a bottle of DMSO a drug injected into the blood stream. The following night‚ Ingrid was taken away for murdering Barry with poison from a White Oleander. Astrid was taken away to a foster care. She lived with a woman named Starr her 4 children and her boyfriend named Ray. Carolee and Davey two of the children are the only ones who associate with Astrid. Astird goes to see her mother and informs
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Sylvia from "A White Heron" Although the story "A White Heron" has a limited amount of characters‚ the author Sarah Orne Jewett was able to capture and bring about each characters distinguishing personalities. Their different‚ but moral strengths and weaknesses the gives the reader a clear understanding of the mediocrity‚ fear‚ and loyalty that the story is trying to portray in one little girl. Sylvia was nine when she came to live with Mrs. Tilley in the abyss of the New England wilderness
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The White Castle The doppelganger‚ or a double of a living person‚ is almost‚ in a way‚ a clone of a human being. Throughout the course of the novel‚ The White Castle‚ Pamuk uses this tactic between two main characters‚ the slave‚ and Hoja his master. After boardig his first ship‚ the slave begins to notice that a man lurking on it appears to look very similar to himself. Could this possibly mean that the slave will use the doppelganger to his advantage? Pamuk first introduces to the reader how
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In “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett‚ the main character Sylvia‚ is described as a “child of nature” who is somewhat cautious of those she does not know. For eight years‚ she lived in a “crowded manufacturing town‚”. Her grandmother‚ who rescued Sylvia from the city‚ believes that Sylvia had never been truly “alive” until her arrival on the farm. Sylvia believes she has found a comfortable home in the “out-of-doors.” and it is obvious that Sylvia feels more at home with a more “natural” society
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