In the story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell a “pack” of girls raised by wolves are sent to a religious school to become more human like. They story is narrated by a girl in the “pack” known as Claudette. Claudette’s development sometime does and doesn’t reflect on the stages of lythoncropic culture shock. An example of this is when Claudette is suppose to be having fun according to the Jesuit Handbook but she is actually in fear. She is supposed to behave as a human in one part but she acts as a wolf. To conclude, the Jesuit handbook is about half right. Initially, Claudette does follow the stages of lythoncropic culture shock. Russell says “The first afternoon, the nuns gave us free rein of the grounds. Everything
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The full moon nights were the worst!” (239) These excerpts shows that indeed Claudette is developed to the point where she will think of foods such as meat. The Jesuit handbook also says “Many students feel isolated, irritated, bewildered, depressed or generally uncomfortable.” (239) Russell describes how the pack including Claudette by saying “The whole pack was irritated, bewildered, depressed. We were all uncomfortable, and between languages. We had never wanted to run away so badly in our lives…” (240) The Jesuit handbook is spot on about how Claudette felt about the situation. The Jesuit handbook is very accurate in stage two about how Claudette will miss foods and feel depressed. Thirdly, the Jesuit handbook is somewhat correct about the third stage. The Jesuit handbook says “Your students may feel that their own culture’s lifestyle and customs are far superior to those of the host country.” (244) The narrator says “I wondered what it would be like to be bred in captivity, and always homesick for a dimly sensed forest, the trees you’ve never seen.” (245) This excerpt shows that Claudette feels that her current wolf culture is superior to human culture. This also shows that Claudette is at the point where she would rather continue to be a wolf than to be
The full moon nights were the worst!” (239) These excerpts shows that indeed Claudette is developed to the point where she will think of foods such as meat. The Jesuit handbook also says “Many students feel isolated, irritated, bewildered, depressed or generally uncomfortable.” (239) Russell describes how the pack including Claudette by saying “The whole pack was irritated, bewildered, depressed. We were all uncomfortable, and between languages. We had never wanted to run away so badly in our lives…” (240) The Jesuit handbook is spot on about how Claudette felt about the situation. The Jesuit handbook is very accurate in stage two about how Claudette will miss foods and feel depressed. Thirdly, the Jesuit handbook is somewhat correct about the third stage. The Jesuit handbook says “Your students may feel that their own culture’s lifestyle and customs are far superior to those of the host country.” (244) The narrator says “I wondered what it would be like to be bred in captivity, and always homesick for a dimly sensed forest, the trees you’ve never seen.” (245) This excerpt shows that Claudette feels that her current wolf culture is superior to human culture. This also shows that Claudette is at the point where she would rather continue to be a wolf than to be