Themes In Ellen Foster
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The title of the novel Ellen Foster is self explanatory. Ellen
Foster was the main character in the book. It is a story about a child,
Ellen, who has many experiences with deaths of members in her family. This
causes her to move from house to house looking for a final, stable
environment to live ....
Middle of paper
.... “imaginary”
boyfriend. Ellen kept the microscope hidden from other people. She didn’t
want people to break it. Ellen kind of kept her life secretive from others
just like she had kept the microscope.
Two themes can be discussed in the novel Ellen Foster. The first
theme mentioned is self-reliance. Throughout the whole novel Ellen had to
rely on her self to make it through life. After her mother died she had to
survive on her own with the threat of her alcoholic father always in he ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
