GirlChild is a fiction novel written by Tupelo Hassman. The setting takes place in the dirty roads of the Calle de la Flores, a bunch of trailer homes making it a trailer park, uniting all people that live there the same, outside the small town of Reno, Nevada in the 1980s. This well known novel is about a young girl that shares her life story that comes with many struggles and obstacles.
One of the main Character is Rory Dawn Hendrix. She is the young girl that this novel is mainly about. Although, Rory is shy and quiet with little to no friends at all, people should not take that as a disadvantage because, she also is smart and strong, mentally. She is mentally strong because of all the things she has to go through in her life and still …show more content…
That is when she lives on her own at the age of 15 and sees her grandmother often because her grandmother was always gone gambling the little money she had. Her grandmother wants the best for her, and for her to stop the trend of the Hendrix women and become something other than an addict and a single mother on welfare. Her grandmother soon passes away from being sick from cancer. Rory definitely felt alone now cause the two main people that were in her life is suddenly gone. She hated the trailer home because it remind her of her horrible childhood. And because of her mom and grandmother were gone, she made a brave decision to set the trailer and everything in it on fire. Rory does this to be able to move on in her life and better her future with all her memories and past behind her.
The author 's main purpose in writing this novel is to create a message to the readers. The message is, many people will go through hardships in life and no matter what it is, one can overcome it. Also part of the message is, just because someone is raised on a repeated family lifestyle, that does not mean that person has to repeat the cycle, someone can always better themselves and their
One of the main Character is Rory Dawn Hendrix. She is the young girl that this novel is mainly about. Although, Rory is shy and quiet with little to no friends at all, people should not take that as a disadvantage because, she also is smart and strong, mentally. She is mentally strong because of all the things she has to go through in her life and still …show more content…
That is when she lives on her own at the age of 15 and sees her grandmother often because her grandmother was always gone gambling the little money she had. Her grandmother wants the best for her, and for her to stop the trend of the Hendrix women and become something other than an addict and a single mother on welfare. Her grandmother soon passes away from being sick from cancer. Rory definitely felt alone now cause the two main people that were in her life is suddenly gone. She hated the trailer home because it remind her of her horrible childhood. And because of her mom and grandmother were gone, she made a brave decision to set the trailer and everything in it on fire. Rory does this to be able to move on in her life and better her future with all her memories and past behind her.
The author 's main purpose in writing this novel is to create a message to the readers. The message is, many people will go through hardships in life and no matter what it is, one can overcome it. Also part of the message is, just because someone is raised on a repeated family lifestyle, that does not mean that person has to repeat the cycle, someone can always better themselves and their