ENGL-3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Breaking Free, Nordstrom, Ursula Nordstrom
Document Summary
Symbolizing and substituting the death of the stepmother: breaking free and returning home. Commodity trading for magic beans: rational economic, benefits of taking risks. Classic children literature in the early 21st century. Attracted some controversy because of character"s behaviour and outsider status. In a hurry to be seen as a grown up, but does not have the mental capacity to get there yet as a child. Doesn"t adhere to gender roles like wendy or even alice, has no interest in the boys. Brutally honest, no romanticism garden in her life. Snide comments that she knows will hurt others, calculating. Certain levels of ambiguity in between all the characters. Disconnect between the parents and the child where the parents are usually absent and out and about, but what"s distinctive about these parents is that they do come back. Wants to inquire bout different lifestyles, gets a sneak preview of other lives.
