“The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson presents many interesting characters. The one character in particular that caught my attention most was the protagonist of the novel, Eleanor Vance. Eleanor was a thirty-two adult with a child like personality. She tried to establish herself throughout the book and tried her best to impress and fit in where she could.
Eleanor Vance had a rather strange personality in my opinion. She tended to act childish all the time but I can understand her reason for this. Eleanor had a fairly isolated life. She had to take care of her ill mother for 11 years of her life. Since taking care of a disabled person is such a huge responsibility, Eleanor didn’t get out the house much. I think this affected her drastically …show more content…
Since she never had much of a social life, she acted a bit weird to me. She was always trying to fit in and impress everybody else. In the novel she even goes as far as blatantly lying to Theodora about her apartment. In my mind Eleanor does this to feel important. She wanted to be respected or seem cool to the others.
The house itself had a lot of negative energy that lured Eleanor into its evil intentions. Much like Eleanor the house was isolated just like she was. It was sad that nobody even wanted to be her friend. In the one part of the book where they go outside, Eleanor gets shoved in front and later on, everyone runs away and ditches her because they don’t want to be around her. I feel like the doctor didn’t attempt to help her but he also didn’t really know how so he just sort of ignored her like everyone else did.
All Eleanor ever wanted was some attention. She wanted to be liked. She wanted to be seen as normal. Her upbringing unfortunately didn’t allow for this and her only friend if you can call it that, was the house itself. She felt like she belonged there and that there was no other place to go. This resulted in a tragic death. I think that her spirit or ghost will live on in Hill House and she might try to communicate with others who step foot there in the
Eleanor Vance had a rather strange personality in my opinion. She tended to act childish all the time but I can understand her reason for this. Eleanor had a fairly isolated life. She had to take care of her ill mother for 11 years of her life. Since taking care of a disabled person is such a huge responsibility, Eleanor didn’t get out the house much. I think this affected her drastically …show more content…
Since she never had much of a social life, she acted a bit weird to me. She was always trying to fit in and impress everybody else. In the novel she even goes as far as blatantly lying to Theodora about her apartment. In my mind Eleanor does this to feel important. She wanted to be respected or seem cool to the others.
The house itself had a lot of negative energy that lured Eleanor into its evil intentions. Much like Eleanor the house was isolated just like she was. It was sad that nobody even wanted to be her friend. In the one part of the book where they go outside, Eleanor gets shoved in front and later on, everyone runs away and ditches her because they don’t want to be around her. I feel like the doctor didn’t attempt to help her but he also didn’t really know how so he just sort of ignored her like everyone else did.
All Eleanor ever wanted was some attention. She wanted to be liked. She wanted to be seen as normal. Her upbringing unfortunately didn’t allow for this and her only friend if you can call it that, was the house itself. She felt like she belonged there and that there was no other place to go. This resulted in a tragic death. I think that her spirit or ghost will live on in Hill House and she might try to communicate with others who step foot there in the