Seymour English 112 E March 19‚ 2012 Ellen Foster Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons is a book about growing up. However it is different than your typical growing up story because the main character Ellen has to “grow up” at such a young age. Many children in today’s society have to face the same hardships as Ellen because families are beginning to fall apart more. Another main theme and struggle that Ellen has to deal with in this book is the issue of racism. Ellen is white and her best friend‚ Starletta
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attention and care. However‚ Ellen‚ the main character and protagonist of the novel Ellen Foster‚ exemplifies a substantial amount of independence and mature‚ rational thought as a ten-year-old girl. The recent death of her mother sends her on a quest for the ideal family‚ or anywhere her father‚ who had shown apathy to both she and her fragile mother‚ was not. Kaye Gibbons’ use of simple diction‚ unmarked dialogue‚ and a unique story structure in her first novel‚ Ellen Foster‚ allows the reader to explore
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In the book The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster‚ which was written by Kaye Gibbons‚ it focuses on a gifted girl who‚ after a long and hard childhood‚ is now getting the life she wants with a new mother. The book focuses on Ellen‚ the main character’s‚ attitude and “go-get-it” mindset. But how much does your attitude and effort really influence your future and accomplishments? That is the question this book proposes and causes the readers to ponder. Ellen is a remarkably smart and hardworking girl
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Racism In the book Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons‚ Ellen is a lonely child. She is in a family where she is responsible for her mother’s health and receives little love from her parents. She has few outlets and is forced to suffer the many traumas of her life alone. She eventually gets away from her family only to find more unhappiness while continuing to observe the happiness of families surrounding her. And throughout the entire book she is yearning to belong and become loved. It took Ellen
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ance and belonging. Ellen herself effects this major change by force of her own will. Realizing her own family "is and always has been crumbly old brick‚" not meant to stick together‚ she targets a "foster" family that looks nice and decides to belong to them. She saves her money and on Christmas Day appears on the foster family’s doorstep‚ ready to present $160 to her new mama and secure a place in the family. Before Ellen targets the foster family as the one she wants‚ she is nearly alone in
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revealed.” In Ellen Foster‚ a book about a young foster child by Kaye Gibbons‚ Ellen faces many challenges. These challenges include the suicide of her mother‚ the abuse and unavoidable death of her father‚ and rejection from family members which led her to be moved from home to home. In the end‚ however‚ she learns that she’s never had “the hardest row to hoe” and proves that she is a survivor. I agree with this quote because of the major relevance it has in fictional Ellen’s life. Ellen is characterized
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Center stage in Kaye Gibbons’ inspiring bildungsroman‚ Ellen Foster‚ is the spunky heroine Ellen Foster. At the start of the novel‚ Ellen is a fiery nine-year old girl. Her whole life‚ especially the three years depicted in Ellen Foster‚ Ellen is exposed to death‚ neglect‚ hunger and emotional and physical abuse. Despite the atrocities surrounding her‚ Ellen asks for nothing more than to find a “new mama” to love her. She avoids facing the harsh reality of strangers and her own family’s cruelty towards
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children have this ideal picture perfect childhood‚ for example‚ Ellen in Kaye Gibbon’s coming of age novel Ellen Foster. On the other hand‚ some people have the opportunity to have that childhood but do not enjoy it‚ sort of like J.D. Salinger’s character Holden Caulfield in his famous novel The Catcher in the Rye. The idea of childhood is an important component part in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Kaye Gibbon’s Ellen Foster. Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger in 1951. The
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Provide a brief description of the individual. Ellen Foster is a ten-year-old‚ Caucasian‚ female who experiences a series of traumatic events during her childhood. These traumatic events include her witnessing domestic violence in the home‚ her mother’s suicide and subsequent physical‚ sexual and psychological abuse by her alcoholic father‚ her maternal grandmother and other relatives (aunts and cousins on the mother’s side). Ellen shuttled from home to home‚ staying for a short time at the home
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Conner Longmire Contemporary Authors‚ Period 8 7 December 2011 The Ignorance to Suffering The story of Ellen Foster is a beautifully written novel that shows the true long-term affect of how abuse affects the child emotionally‚ spiritually and psychologically. The book Ellen Foster written by Kaye Gibbons is about a ten year old girl named Ellen Foster in how she deals with abuse from her intimidate family however‚ Grandmother‚ Aunts and cousin. At the same time‚ she battles with racial discrimination
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