I spent the majority of my weekend reading Eleanor and Park, as the story went on the reader gets more insight on Eleanor's old life before her parent's divorce, and why Eleanor was kicked out in the first place. It was interesting to read how Eleanor's mom and Richie met, YES I expecting their love to be silly, but I was not expecting for Eleanor's mom to fall for him based off of a comment. After find out why Eleanor got kicked out in the first place really allows the reader to get an insight of Richie true character, even though he is portrayed as mean, short tempered, and very controlling. It is very clear to me Richie does possess those qualities after reading he kicked her out because of the noise from the typewriter. I began the hate, Richie, just as much as Eleanor throughout the story, I couldn't STAND the fact he gave Eleanor 50$ for Christmas, and then made her use the money for a Christmas dinner. It honestly irritated me I was hoping Eleanor would use that money to buy her something nice, and to make matters worse Richie then acted a complete fool on Christmas by throwing the pudding and disrespecting Eleanor's mother. Another thing that irritates me about this story is Eleanor's attitude, in a way it almost seems like she enjoys being miserable, and can't never he happy. I wish she would stop always catching an attitude with Park and just enjoy the positivity he's trying to bring into her life. I am hoping Eleanor woe is me mentality will change sometime soon. So I can go back to enjoying her character. I do feel bad for Eleanor because she had many trials and tribulations in her life but her funky attitude is not making matters better.Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Poor Eleanor
I spent the majority of my weekend reading Eleanor and Park, as the story went on the reader gets more insight on Eleanor's old life before her parent's divorce, and why Eleanor was kicked out in the first place. It was interesting to read how Eleanor's mom and Richie met, YES I expecting their love to be silly, but I was not expecting for Eleanor's mom to fall for him based off of a comment. After find out why Eleanor got kicked out in the first place really allows the reader to get an insight of Richie true character, even though he is portrayed as mean, short tempered, and very controlling. It is very clear to me Richie does possess those qualities after reading he kicked her out because of the noise from the typewriter. I began the hate, Richie, just as much as Eleanor throughout the story, I couldn't STAND the fact he gave Eleanor 50$ for Christmas, and then made her use the money for a Christmas dinner. It honestly irritated me I was hoping Eleanor would use that money to buy her something nice, and to make matters worse Richie then acted a complete fool on Christmas by throwing the pudding and disrespecting Eleanor's mother. Another thing that irritates me about this story is Eleanor's attitude, in a way it almost seems like she enjoys being miserable, and can't never he happy. I wish she would stop always catching an attitude with Park and just enjoy the positivity he's trying to bring into her life. I am hoping Eleanor woe is me mentality will change sometime soon. So I can go back to enjoying her character. I do feel bad for Eleanor because she had many trials and tribulations in her life but her funky attitude is not making matters better.
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The more blogs I read the more I can see that us (the students) see Richie as a very big part of the story and he almost drowns out the love story between Eleanor and Park, so it makes the reader question what is the main point of the story.
ReplyDeleteRichie does in fact drown out the love. Him going out on the town to try and kill Eleanor is was separates them.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there was supposed to be an greater force opposing any type of love in the book (love for kids, wife, himself) but I feel like that's what made it stronger. Because as a kid when someone tells you not to do something that you are really engaged in I feel like you still will go ahead and do it, regardless it rn loves keep it as a secret or not.
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