In life, most children that are around ten years of age have a very low maturity level. But this does not prove to be the case with Ellen from Ellen Foster. This raise in maturity in Ellen also helps raise her intelligence and ability to read emotions as well. All three of these abilities Ellen use throughout the book to help her get through the rough life that she has. Ellen has a very advanced maturity level compared to a regular ten-year-old that helps guide her throughout the novel.
Ellen’s increase in maturity helps raise her intelligence level in the novel Ellen Foster. There are many ideas that prove that this is true. For example, when Ellen is talking about what she does in her free time she says “The bookmobile does not run during …show more content…
It is also impressive that she has the drive to read a book instead of playing or going outside with Starletta at the age of ten. Another similar sentence that Ellen's states is “Sometimes I read the Shakespeare poem slow and out loud with feeling because that is the way it sounds best.” (Gibbons 34) This quote is even more impressive because of again Ellen's age. Ellen is ten years old and she is reading a Shakespeare poem that some fifteen-year-olds have trouble reading. The next idea that shows that Ellen's maturity is increased for her age is when she is living in Aunt Nadine's and Doras house Ellen says “I would really like to paint them one of my brooding oceans but they would miss the point I am sure of how the ocean looks strong and beautiful and sad at the same time and that is really something if you think about it.” (Gibbons 106) This shows how the maturity level of Ellen helps her intelligence because Ellen understands that there is more to a picture that just the what yous see. What she is saying in this quote is that she could paint it but Aunt Nadine and Dora would not like it because they …show more content…
In other words, because of Ellen's maturity level she can read the emotions of the people around her much easier. An example of this is when Aunt Nadine, Ellen, Dora, and Ellen's father were all in the car driving to Ellen's mother's funeral, Ellen observes “My aunt is so glad to be out of a colored town. She unlocks her door now because she feels safe.” (Gibbons 19) Ellen identified in this sentence that Aunt Nadine is happy to be out the colored town because back in this time white people did not like black people. It is interesting that Ellen realizes this because of her age and just shows how mature she really is. Another idea that shows that Ellen's maturity level helps her read the emotions of adults is when she goes to school the next day and the teachers know what happened to Ellen's mother but just want to her the story again. This happens when Ellen says “she wanted me to tell her how my mama died even though she already knew. She could tell her husband over supper about how I told her.” (Gibbons 24) This shows that Ellen can use her maturity to read emotions better because the teacher had no clue tat Ellen was that smart and she asked her and Ellen saw right through it. The next example is when Ellen has to go get her father who is drunk and return him home from trying to buy her back the school. This event occurs when Ellen says “I yelled for him to put his dollars down
Ellen’s increase in maturity helps raise her intelligence level in the novel Ellen Foster. There are many ideas that prove that this is true. For example, when Ellen is talking about what she does in her free time she says “The bookmobile does not run during …show more content…
It is also impressive that she has the drive to read a book instead of playing or going outside with Starletta at the age of ten. Another similar sentence that Ellen's states is “Sometimes I read the Shakespeare poem slow and out loud with feeling because that is the way it sounds best.” (Gibbons 34) This quote is even more impressive because of again Ellen's age. Ellen is ten years old and she is reading a Shakespeare poem that some fifteen-year-olds have trouble reading. The next idea that shows that Ellen's maturity is increased for her age is when she is living in Aunt Nadine's and Doras house Ellen says “I would really like to paint them one of my brooding oceans but they would miss the point I am sure of how the ocean looks strong and beautiful and sad at the same time and that is really something if you think about it.” (Gibbons 106) This shows how the maturity level of Ellen helps her intelligence because Ellen understands that there is more to a picture that just the what yous see. What she is saying in this quote is that she could paint it but Aunt Nadine and Dora would not like it because they …show more content…
In other words, because of Ellen's maturity level she can read the emotions of the people around her much easier. An example of this is when Aunt Nadine, Ellen, Dora, and Ellen's father were all in the car driving to Ellen's mother's funeral, Ellen observes “My aunt is so glad to be out of a colored town. She unlocks her door now because she feels safe.” (Gibbons 19) Ellen identified in this sentence that Aunt Nadine is happy to be out the colored town because back in this time white people did not like black people. It is interesting that Ellen realizes this because of her age and just shows how mature she really is. Another idea that shows that Ellen's maturity level helps her read the emotions of adults is when she goes to school the next day and the teachers know what happened to Ellen's mother but just want to her the story again. This happens when Ellen says “she wanted me to tell her how my mama died even though she already knew. She could tell her husband over supper about how I told her.” (Gibbons 24) This shows that Ellen can use her maturity to read emotions better because the teacher had no clue tat Ellen was that smart and she asked her and Ellen saw right through it. The next example is when Ellen has to go get her father who is drunk and return him home from trying to buy her back the school. This event occurs when Ellen says “I yelled for him to put his dollars down