Aline
Many teenagers rely on having the constant shelter of their parents especially in terms of taking on responsibilities. Some teenagers depend on their parents to such an extent that it plays a major effect on their independence. Aline from “Rich for One Day’s” naive personality strongly portrays the simple acts of being a young adolescent.
Aline can be considered to be an incredibly unorganized teenager and has many coinciding factors to prove it. When it comes to picking up after herself she does an incredibly poor job. She does not really care for her belongings or where she puts them, as “there were lots of crayons, paint bottles of all colours, notebooks, sheets here and there, and photographs, piles of photographs…” (257). This …show more content…
Aline had woken up by choice at an unbelievable time as “[she] decided to open her eyes… four o’clock. [She] grunted with pleasure” (257). People do not typically wake up by choice and definitely do not wake up more than halfway through the day. The fact that she made the choice to wake up that late shows how careless she really is. Most people are already well throughout their day working, at school, cleaning whereas Aline at this point in the day is just choosing to wake up and does not care that she has already missed more than half the day. She could have maybe been or have already done something productive but instead chooses otherwise. Another major attribute in regards of her being lazy is that s he does not pick up after herself. She knows for example that her room is a mess and need to be cleaned but instead she makes the choice of not cleaning up through her laziness. Most people if they do leave a mess will clean up within the next day or so whereas Aline is so incredibly unproductive she just leaves it. She would also have lots more time during the day to clean up after herself if she had not woken up at four in the afternoon. Given the acts of Aline’s laziness, it really does come to prove many teenagers …show more content…
First and foremost Aline is clueless to the harsh reality that is out world. She believes she has a fortune when in reality she only has eight dollars, which is far from a fortune. Aline displays her lack of understanding as she “... felt like converting the whole world to her style of living” (258). Her style of living is shown through a shortage of knowledge and being stubborn. She does not want to face reality and chooses to not have any commitments or responsibilities. The world outside of her room was all too much to handle as she hesitated “to open the black burlap curtains… the sky could be too bright, it could be too much” (258). Also by turning down the job offer comes to show how clueless she is, because in reality she does indeed need that job. In order to make money and in order to be able to get necessities a job is the ideal solution and Aline does not realize that as she turns the job down without any hesitation or regret. Most teenagers would kill to have the opportunity to have a job and Aline takes that for granted. Her sense of cluelessness really shows how far she will get in the future, which evidently is not very
Many teenagers rely on having the constant shelter of their parents especially in terms of taking on responsibilities. Some teenagers depend on their parents to such an extent that it plays a major effect on their independence. Aline from “Rich for One Day’s” naive personality strongly portrays the simple acts of being a young adolescent.
Aline can be considered to be an incredibly unorganized teenager and has many coinciding factors to prove it. When it comes to picking up after herself she does an incredibly poor job. She does not really care for her belongings or where she puts them, as “there were lots of crayons, paint bottles of all colours, notebooks, sheets here and there, and photographs, piles of photographs…” (257). This …show more content…
Aline had woken up by choice at an unbelievable time as “[she] decided to open her eyes… four o’clock. [She] grunted with pleasure” (257). People do not typically wake up by choice and definitely do not wake up more than halfway through the day. The fact that she made the choice to wake up that late shows how careless she really is. Most people are already well throughout their day working, at school, cleaning whereas Aline at this point in the day is just choosing to wake up and does not care that she has already missed more than half the day. She could have maybe been or have already done something productive but instead chooses otherwise. Another major attribute in regards of her being lazy is that s he does not pick up after herself. She knows for example that her room is a mess and need to be cleaned but instead she makes the choice of not cleaning up through her laziness. Most people if they do leave a mess will clean up within the next day or so whereas Aline is so incredibly unproductive she just leaves it. She would also have lots more time during the day to clean up after herself if she had not woken up at four in the afternoon. Given the acts of Aline’s laziness, it really does come to prove many teenagers …show more content…
First and foremost Aline is clueless to the harsh reality that is out world. She believes she has a fortune when in reality she only has eight dollars, which is far from a fortune. Aline displays her lack of understanding as she “... felt like converting the whole world to her style of living” (258). Her style of living is shown through a shortage of knowledge and being stubborn. She does not want to face reality and chooses to not have any commitments or responsibilities. The world outside of her room was all too much to handle as she hesitated “to open the black burlap curtains… the sky could be too bright, it could be too much” (258). Also by turning down the job offer comes to show how clueless she is, because in reality she does indeed need that job. In order to make money and in order to be able to get necessities a job is the ideal solution and Aline does not realize that as she turns the job down without any hesitation or regret. Most teenagers would kill to have the opportunity to have a job and Aline takes that for granted. Her sense of cluelessness really shows how far she will get in the future, which evidently is not very