Jessica San Hardy The Carnival At Bray
The Carnival at bray
Coming of age is inevitable and thus embracing and making the best out of life is vital. The Carnival at Bray depicts the life of a young girl, Maggie, who at 16 years finds herself moving to the Irish town of Bray with her mother and stepfather. The trip isolates her from her friends and interests while she is just approaching her best teenage years. Maggie and her sister Ronnie are sent to school in Bray, while her mother and stepfather continue enjoying their honeymoon. In The Carnival at Bray, Jessica Ann Foley creates the fictional character, Maggie Lynch to explore the stages we go through in life as we outgrow childhood and approach adulthood, transiting in the personal, spiritual, emotional and moral self.
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Maggie was absolutely crushed and very mournful of his death. Despite being heartbroken over Kevin’s death, Maggie appears clearly less mournful of other deaths that occur later on, such as the passing of Dan Sean. This suggests that Maggie learned a valuable lesson from this obstacle, and is more mature because of it. After the death of her uncle Kevin, Maggie runs away from home and takes a train to Dublin with the intent of going to Rome for the Nirvana consort. During her stay, Maggie learns a lot about being on her own and describes it as “a feeling of freedom that I’ve never had before” (Foley 143). Here, Maggie learns how to be independent and take care of herself on her …show more content…
Nirvana is used a symbol of transcendence and becoming an adult for Maggie. From the moment that Maggie goes to the consort, she sheds off her childhood years and steps into maturity. Rome is a symbol romance and love, it is after the consort in Rome that she gets intimate with Eoin, her journey to independence and young adulthood begins here. Maggie steps into the best years of her life.
During the conclusion, Maggie’s elderly friend Dan Sean passes away in his sleep at the age of one-hundred and one. Maggie reacts in a much more mature manner than she did with Kevin’s death, showing that she had learned how to grieve, and handle death better. When Maggie’s family moved back to the United States, Maggie decided to stay in Ireland by herself as a border student at Saint Bridget’s High School. This shows that Maggie was no longer nervous about being alone, and was comfortable with being independent and making decisions for herself.
Coming of age is inevitable and thus embracing and making the best out of life is vital. The Carnival at Bray depicts the life of a young girl, Maggie, who at 16 years finds herself moving to the Irish town of Bray with her mother and stepfather. The trip isolates her from her friends and interests while she is just approaching her best teenage years. Maggie and her sister Ronnie are sent to school in Bray, while her mother and stepfather continue enjoying their honeymoon. In The Carnival at Bray, Jessica Ann Foley creates the fictional character, Maggie Lynch to explore the stages we go through in life as we outgrow childhood and approach adulthood, transiting in the personal, spiritual, emotional and moral self.
For …show more content…
Maggie was absolutely crushed and very mournful of his death. Despite being heartbroken over Kevin’s death, Maggie appears clearly less mournful of other deaths that occur later on, such as the passing of Dan Sean. This suggests that Maggie learned a valuable lesson from this obstacle, and is more mature because of it. After the death of her uncle Kevin, Maggie runs away from home and takes a train to Dublin with the intent of going to Rome for the Nirvana consort. During her stay, Maggie learns a lot about being on her own and describes it as “a feeling of freedom that I’ve never had before” (Foley 143). Here, Maggie learns how to be independent and take care of herself on her …show more content…
Nirvana is used a symbol of transcendence and becoming an adult for Maggie. From the moment that Maggie goes to the consort, she sheds off her childhood years and steps into maturity. Rome is a symbol romance and love, it is after the consort in Rome that she gets intimate with Eoin, her journey to independence and young adulthood begins here. Maggie steps into the best years of her life.
During the conclusion, Maggie’s elderly friend Dan Sean passes away in his sleep at the age of one-hundred and one. Maggie reacts in a much more mature manner than she did with Kevin’s death, showing that she had learned how to grieve, and handle death better. When Maggie’s family moved back to the United States, Maggie decided to stay in Ireland by herself as a border student at Saint Bridget’s High School. This shows that Maggie was no longer nervous about being alone, and was comfortable with being independent and making decisions for herself.