Girl Interrupted Character Analysis

Characters in the texts; “As you like it”, the play by Shakespeare, “Standing in the shoes of others”, the speech by Linda Burney and “Girl Interrupted” the 1999 film directed by James Mangold, find a sense of belonging under the influence of place. A physical place is often symbolic of whether a character feels accepted. Characters relationship with their external environment often conveying how the character feels they fit in with the world around them.

The river that bisects the work is a metaphor for the elements that prevent belonging. Two glass bottles float in the water, the glass representing the barriers that prevent characters from belonging. As a result the figures are isolated and unable to belong to the communities. The river