Jill In 'Pancakes'

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Jill is the main character in the the story “Pancakes” by Joan Baner, she is a round and dynamic character who tries to make everything perfect, all the time. This can be seen throughout the story by how she constantly cleans things “Dirty mirrors drove me crazy. I grabbed the bottle of Windex from the closet and cleaned off the gook until the mirror shined” The fact she couldn't let the mirror have a little smudge shows she need to keep things perfect. Another thing is how she can be critical of others if they are not doing things perfect, or up to her level. “Syrup, I told him, is our enemy, but like Allen Feinmen, Hugo was a male without vision. He couldn't anticipate disaster” “he let life rule him rather than the other way around”. This

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