Claudia And Glorie's Excape Case Study

We realize that Mrs. Moore is trying to open their eyes to the world around them, when she takes them on a trip around the expensive shopping complexes of the city. As Mrs. Moore takes them through these areas, we get the distinct impression that Sylvia gets angry. She discovers a fiber glass boat that is worth a thousand dollars. Sugar touches the boat, at which she gets jealous. She does not realize at first the reason for her anger, and almost directs it at her cousin, Sugar. Yet she stops herself and realizes that she is not angry with Sugar, rather that something else is wrong.

In the book, In the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Claudia undertook the mission of running away from home (but coming back after a short time) along with her brother James. It was one hard journey because of all the planning that Claudia made.In the text it says, ”’ I’ve decided to run away from home, and I’ve chosen you to accompany me.’ said Claudia” (Konigsburg page. 15). Claudia was determined to undertake this mission because she was tired of arguing about whose turn it was to choose the TV show, of injustice, and monotony of everything. She was certain to come back after everyone in her family how to learn a lesson in Claudia’s appreciation.In the text it says, ” A reason that had to do with the same list of each and every week. She was bored with simply being straight A’s Claudia Kincaid. She was tired of arguing about whose turn it was to choose the Sunday night 7:30 television show, of injustice, end of the Monotony of everything.” (Konigsburg page. 13). Claudia was quite successful on her Mission to run away from home. In fact, she even accomplished another bigger problem in the story

In college, a handsome young lad holding the name Ben Blake, seems to fancy Francie as they go on various study dates. He helps her cram for college entrance exams. Though she fails the first time, she later tries again and gets accepted into Michigan University that Ben chose for her to apply. Meanwhile, Katie receives a gift of $1,000.00 from Mc Shane, which she later uses for Francie’s college money, and a gift to Evy- $200.00. Laurie Nolan gets her last name changed to Mc Shane. The Nolans move from their humble apartment flat to the rich Mc Shane house. Neeley grows older and Francie can’t help but notice he is so alike to Johnny.

They gained money by doing such as tutoring, drawing, lawn mowing, babysitting, and also working in jewelry stores. Early on, money was racking up, but their father managed to steal it, and whipped Jeannette for acting rudely. Yet, a deal was made and Lori was off to New York, and after Jeannette had finished her Junior year of high school, she was off too. The dream of the Glass Castle would not hold her back.

With very little compassion and love the two main girls, Pecola Breedlove and Claudia MacTeer, learn from the start that life is

They are tired of scrimping for little amounts of money. Her dad, strong and courageous, starts to cry. Lizabeth hears her dad’s long and mournful sobs, and she cannot get to sleep. She is so upset, that she wakes up her brother, and they sneak out of the house. Lizabeth is so worked up over her family’s poverty, she goes to the only place she can think of, Miss Lottie’s front yard.

home. In that amount of time, Liz’s mother died of aids, and her father left Liz and Lisa, her sister. They had been staying with their uncle at the time. However, their uncle was abusive to them so

a job they are but on the dole. They get money but not very much. One of the twins dies

They don’t understand why some people have more than they have. Sylvia does not show her feelings of Jealousy and confusion as she thinks about what type of people could spend their money on toys from a toy store and still have enough to put food on the table and buy beds to sleep in. Instead she covers it up with anger and immediately wants to hit somebody. When they leave the toy store, although, all of the kids understand Miss Moore’s lesson, most of them forget about it and go on their way, but Sylvia can’t stop thinking about it.

Then when Claudia became of age and was out of the house, she got married and was living a better life away from her abuser. However, after her and her husband got a divorce, she realized that she was going to have to make some big bucks to keep up with her lifestyle. Thus, she stated working in the sex-industry so make money to keep up her life

Gil’s sister, Susan who is married to Nathan is a family with young children. They are teaching their daughter languages, math, etc. at a young age.

How the problem occurs in the book is, when Alice goes to the Florida beach cottage where she always spends her birthday week. She notices things changed, half of the usual vacationers are not coming this year. Alice thinks of these people as family, and now with the new renters, she does not know what to think. Then Alice beginnings to feel more troubled as Kate someone she sees as an aunt shows up with a boyfriend and his daughter. Alice feels upset and uneasy about all the new changes and finds nothing to be perfect like she imagined at all. The problem occurs when things don’t go as Alice planned.

Frankweiler's secret loneliness, Claudia's feeling of neglect, and ungratefulness also represents the importance of trust. Mrs. Frankweiler was lonely because she did not have any children. She trusted Claudia and Jamie, which led them to finding out that she was lonely. In fact, Claudia said to Jamie on the way back to their house, "We'll adopt her, we'll become her kids, sort of" (159). This makes them feel like they have a responsibility and are deserving of the trust that Mrs. Frankweiler has placed in them. Jamie also says, "I'm going to save my money and my winnings, and I'm going to visit Mrs. Frankweiler again"(158). The children love having this responsibility and make sure to keep the secret hidden. Claudia's feeling of neglect by her parents also represents trust because it pushes her to make the rash decision to ran away from home. Claudia thought that her parents gave all of their attention to her brothers and none to her. For instance, Claudia is angry when her brother wants someone else to walk him home from school and she responds, "That would be just fine with me, Kevin Brat but today you happen to be my responsibly" (18). Claudia thought she had a disadvantage because her parents used to always be there for when she was younger, but now she has to watch over her brothers. Her feeling neglected led her to run away, but if she had talked to her parents about how she was feeling in the first place maybe it would not

??They both experienced a loss, but while Brian lost a person he didn't know at all, Karana lost her father and shortly after, her brother. Karana had to survive knowing that both of them wouldn't be waiting for her. ??

After putting a down payment on the new house, Mama gives the rest of the money to Walter and ultimately gives him the role of the man of the house and to step up to take care of the family. However, Walter goes against Mama and decides to follow through with his dream and invest the money in his potential liquor store business. Although, his plans fall through when Willy, one of the “investors” runs off with the money. Not only Walter, but his whole family lose the chance of a better life and are forced to start back up again. They no longer have the money to put Beneatha through medical school or the money to support themselves. Despite the backfall, the younger family keeps trying. Even though the road ahead may be difficult, the Younger family has each other to support one another and that’s all they need. By picking themselves back up after they have lost everything, it shows that they aren’t ones known to give up at the sight of defeat. They kept trying after they had lost everything because having nothing left to lose means that things can only get better from here on out.