changes and effect everyone‚ including your loved ones. In this case‚ in the story Girl with the Pearl Earring‚ we distinguish that one life changing decision not only affected the protagonist‚ Griet‚ but also her parents and her siblings. Griet‚ a sixteen-year old girl living with her family in Delft in 1664 was forced to become a maid due to her father having a recent accident in which he is unable to work. This caused Griet to move out of her home and live with her new owner Vermeer‚ where she’ll live
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Reading Group Guide Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. In Girl With a Pearl Earring‚ Tracy Chevalier treats us to a richly appointed portrait of intersecting faiths‚ fracturing family dynamics‚ erotic awakenings‚ community scandals‚ religious tensions‚ and aesthetic compromises—all filtered brilliantly through the eyes of the young narrator‚ Griet‚ whose concise‚ wide-eyed perspective functions much like Vermeer’s camera obscura‚ rendering with particularly sharp precision
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Samantha Fain Dr. Elizabeth Wise CHM 165 3/15/2012 Book Report: Girl with a Pearl Earring The Girl with a Pearl Earring is a historical fictional novel about the famous painting created by the artist Johannes Vermeer. The story takes place in the 17th century in Delft‚ Holland. The novel chronicles the actions that led up to the painting of Girl with a Pearl Earring. The subject of the painting is a young girl named Griet‚ who goes to live with Johannes Vermeer’s family and be a second maid
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GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING AANTEKENINGEN BOEK Thesis; During the story the main character Griet changes a lot in her behaviour and attitude towards her environment. Information | Page | Quote | The shiness of Griet in the beginning towards Vermeer | 5 | ‘No‚ Sir’ I hesitated. I could not say why I had laid out the vegetables as I did. I simply set them as I felt they should be‚ but I was too frightened to say so to a gentleman’ | | | ‘I did not want him to think I was idle’ | She
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In the novel‚ "Girl With a Pearl Earring‚" by Tracy Chevalier‚ Maria Thins and Griet have an interesting sort of relationship. At first‚ Maria Thins’ view of Griet is on the verge of cruel and very criticizing. But that opinion that she has of Griet changes for the positive. Griet‚ on the other hand‚ fears and looks up to Maria. She feels that Maria has some qualities of a role model. But she also knows that she does not want to be exactly like her. These qualities are what make their relationship
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Girl with a Pearl Earring -Tracy Chevalier Genre The story is told in the first person narrative voice by Griet who is the main protagonist of the plot. She uses an honest and sincere style of writing and this lends an air of realism and authenticity to the story. The style is vivid and descriptive. Cultural Context The novel is set in mid seventeenth century in the Netherlands. It deals with a middle class family and their relationship with a young peasant girl who comes from the working classes
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Paper Unit 1 Girl with the Pearl Earring There could be many different interpretations of the ending scene when the pearl earrings are returned to Griet. The look on Griet’s face is a look of shock‚ some anger‚ and recollection. Catharina gave Griet the pearl earrings because she cannot bear to wear them‚ nor stand the sight of them since the day she saw the painting. Vermeer betrayed Catharina and the earrings are the biggest reminder of the betrayal‚ so to move on from the time Griet spent as their
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influence the plot‚ conflicts and/or characters? Girl with a Pearl earring depicts life in 17th century Delft‚ a small Dutch city. The book is based on real life painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring” which influenced the books setting. 17th century in Delft the protestants and catholic were separated and attended different churches. Griet was the daughter of a Protestant Delft tile painter. Her father lost the ability to see in an accident‚ therefore Griet must work for a Catholic family as a maid. The
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Girl with a Pearl Earing English essay: 1. Power The knife – symbol of Griet’s powerlessness until the end of the novel when she weilds the knife With money/male/parents/class comes power Maids/ Children/The poor/Females have no power Those who don’t have power seek to gain power through others Griet gains power through Vermer in the household and through his death when she receives earrings over Catherina…and through Pieter when she marries him Frans gains power over his own life when he
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In the novel Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier‚ Griet faces many challenges which causes her identity to change. Though Griet starts out as an innocent maid who has to follow orders‚ she starts developing her own opinion and the ability to make decisions. Griet changes from an household servant to having the courage to share her opinion to a mature lady‚ capable of making her own decisions. Many factors contribute to the change in Griet’s identity‚ but the main factor is Vermeer‚ her
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