Primarily, she is expected to act feminine, but she refuses to do so. A great example for this is when she is given new clothing after escaping from Harrenhal. These clothes include a dress adorned with acorns and a delicate lavender dress. Her distaste for the clothing is obvious. In a similar way, my style does not include complex or girly dresses. To continue, Arya does not do what the other young ladies do. Her older sister, Sansa, tried to teach her sister needlepoint. Rather than trying to perfect it, Arya takes on sword fighting. She has been asked what she likes to do, and she replied with, “Needlework...I lost Needle. My new one’s not as good” (Martin 305). She is not speaking of actual needle point; however, she is referencing her sword named Needle. I connect to this because I have many hobbies that can and have been seen as “boyish”. Ultimately, Arya dressed in male attire until coerced to do otherwise. She disguised herself as a boy to prevent being caught and continued to dress like that until she had no choice. Likewise, I dress in a very casual manner. Though I am not being hunted by the royal family at the moment, I feel more comfortable in less feminine attire. These were just some of the multiple ways that I connect with Arya
Primarily, she is expected to act feminine, but she refuses to do so. A great example for this is when she is given new clothing after escaping from Harrenhal. These clothes include a dress adorned with acorns and a delicate lavender dress. Her distaste for the clothing is obvious. In a similar way, my style does not include complex or girly dresses. To continue, Arya does not do what the other young ladies do. Her older sister, Sansa, tried to teach her sister needlepoint. Rather than trying to perfect it, Arya takes on sword fighting. She has been asked what she likes to do, and she replied with, “Needlework...I lost Needle. My new one’s not as good” (Martin 305). She is not speaking of actual needle point; however, she is referencing her sword named Needle. I connect to this because I have many hobbies that can and have been seen as “boyish”. Ultimately, Arya dressed in male attire until coerced to do otherwise. She disguised herself as a boy to prevent being caught and continued to dress like that until she had no choice. Likewise, I dress in a very casual manner. Though I am not being hunted by the royal family at the moment, I feel more comfortable in less feminine attire. These were just some of the multiple ways that I connect with Arya