St. Lucy's Home For Girls Analysis

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In the text St. Lucy’s Home for Girls the theme reveals the five stages of change and behaviors through in the epigraphs. The girls at St. Lucy’s often had trounble finding their true selves thoughout the text. The girls werre initally excited to go to St. Lucy’s, but once they find out that they have to adjust to a new world they might show signs of irritation or depression. The girls in the story will refuse to accept a new culture and wonder how people can live like they do, even though they belive that other cultures are over rated the students will eventually ly accept the culture as their own. Finally, the students our able to interact effectivly in both of their worlds; human and wolf. The following paragraphs will be a summary of the

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