Re: 9 stories-eskimos

akemi deherrera (de9926ak@uscolo.edu)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 11:29:42 -0700 (MST)

That's weird because I didn't read Selena (Franklin's sister) as being
snotty.  I read her as sort of innocent.  Maybe I'm wrong, I mean she did
skip out on paying the cab fare for 5 weeks and tried to pass off her
tennis balls as her contribution.  If Ginnie changed because of her
insight into Selena's private life at what point did she change?  When she
met Eric or when she met Franklin?
akemi


On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 Musycian@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-10-30 21:20:30 EST, you write:
> 
> << >
>  > In class we came to the conclusion that Ginnie may have had a change
>  of
>  > heart because of the feelings (crush) Ginnie developed for Franklin.
>   And
>  > she develops this crush partly because her sister Joan (the snob)
>  had no
>  > interest in Franklin. (A little sibling rivalry)  Joan did not want to
>  > have anything to do with Franklin, so Ginnie could get back at her
>  sister
>  > by getting together with Franklin.  Does anyone else see this?  I
>  could
>  > understand this happening however, I don't see the textual evidence
>  in the
>  > story.  I don't see where Ginnie has a conflict with her sister.  Sure
>  > probably almost all sisters have conflict, and we could probably
>  assume
>  > however I don't see the evidence in the book.  Anyone else think
>  > different?  Do you think this is why Ginnie made such a 180 turn? 
>  > STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THE WHOLE THING OUT!!!
>  > help
>  > akemi
>  > 
>  > I just finished reading the story and it seems to me that Ginnie
>  does have a kind of crush on Franklin. She might have thought that he
>  was strange and exciting and the fact that he is involved with gay men
>  is even more exciting and mysterious to her. He is part of a world she
>  is not familiar with and it fascinates her.  >>
> 
> I just highlighted all that so anyone coming in understands what's going on.
> Hi everyone. Anyway when I first read it, it totally shocked me and my
> immediate reaction was that she had a crush on Franklin. In restrospect soon
> after it really seemed like something different to me. The fact that Franklin
> intrigues her is definitely part of it but she seems to suddenly almost feel
> sorry for  the girl, oh goodness, what's her name, Sally I think, anwyay, it's
> like Ginnie suddenly has this insight into Sally's life. And that maybe the
> girl's sort of snotty and her father makes tennis balls and she whines about
> her mother being sick but she has this real life where she's dealing with
> things too, and it's reflected in her interesting, eccentric brother. It makes
> her seem more real.That's sort of reading a lot into it but it's obvious that
> the way she looks at Sally is different and not just because she likes
> Franklin. I hope someone who understands this can come to my rescue and help
> put it in better words. :} thoughts, anyone?
> ~Lynda
>