The develpement of Elinor will become more apperent as I continue reading however, we are not only introduced to Elinor but also to her friend Teresa Halliday. Barker describes her as, " She was dark, with short shiny hair, high cheekbones, and red, painted, pouting lips." (18). We can see that Paul is obviously attracted to her as well and it makes us wonder who he is more attracted to. Teresa is a very intersting charater who alsmost immediatly describes her life, how she is a modle for the arts school, and her crazy drunk of a husband who she plans to seperate from is stalking her. Furthermore, we are also introduced to Kit Neville who was kicked out of the art school but still hangs around and is begining to become famous. He has an intersting relationship with Tereasa and it makes me wonder if the two have past history. Hopefully as these charactor develop we are able to better understand thier actions and grow attatched to them as characters.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Life Class Post 2
The post this week is going to focus on the character development of not only Paul but also of the new characters we are beginning to meet. Not only do we see how Paul is reavling his true colors but we are also introduced to some main, interesting characters. One of these character's is Elinor Brooke. She is an aulluring female student who Paul seems very interested in. He describes her ways as ""the treatment"-by which he meant the air of intamacy Elinor created between her self and any man she talked to"(Barker 15). This description of Elinor demonstrates the kind of person she is, and how Paul is infatuated with her. I'm really hoping that they get together because Paul seems very lonley and even though Elinor may seem like a very flirtatious woman there are signs that show she has a little something extra for Paul.
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I enjoyed how you focused on one thing but on multiple characters. You analysis of the book had good detail but also gave your opinion on the book. From your posts I agree that Paul and Elinor should get together! Great post!
I, as well, am reading Life Class . It's a pretty good book, I'm not too far along though yet. I think that, similar what you stated, Elinor and Paul will connect in the future. But I don't know if it will necessarily be a love connection or maybe a big-sister sort of guidance. It seems to me that Elinor is very independent (even though she clearly likes the company of a man) and has seemingly learned a lot in her life so far that she could help Paul with, especially her being a woman she could help him with his woman-problems.
I would like to know more about the character of Teresa, because her situation surrounding her separation and alleged stalking of her husband causes a lot of intrigue for the reader. It would be also interesting to know whether Paul ends up going for the pretty girl with baggage (Teresa) or Elinor.
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