Re: 9 stories-eskimos
June Kitzman (ki1634ju@uscolo.edu)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:56:54 -0700 (MST)
I think that Selena is an inevitable product of her enironment. She is
diorganized and irresponsille as Franklin and probly given into lying as a
guard against the outside world. Selana indicates her mother always has
luch waiting for her when Franklin offers her a sandwich. There is no
bandages in the house where there is children. Selana seems to be eager
for attention and friendship I doubt her mother is sick.. After Ginnie is
gaining knowledge of the details of the Graff faimly as a wole I think it
revives a compassion and she offers friendship to Selena.
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, akemi deherrera wrote:
> 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
> >
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