Eleanor And Park

    Throughout the story, the differing aspects of Eleanor and Park’s home lives are shown, which display a clear picture of how Park has a more affluent, stable home life, while Eleanor faces many family and money problems in her household. For example, Eleanor describes Park’s home as being a “normal, perfect house” with “wall-to-wall carpeting and little baskets of potpourri everywhere” (126). Also, not only does Park come from a wealthy family, but he comes a loving family. For instance, “Every Sunday, they got dressed up, in nice pants and sweaters, and had dinner with their grandparents” (116). So, it is clear that, while Park does not have a perfect life, he also does not have a large amount of struggles in his household. Eleanor, on the other hand, lives in a very toxic

Readers will chuckle with delight, weep, and have a feeling of warmth and happiness overall, while indulging in the sappy historical romance Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz. This novel shows the relationship and eventual marriage between Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler. They go through many challenges in life, both together and in the 50 years Eliza spent alone carrying on Alex’s legacy after he was shot and killed in a duel. The theme of this book is to keep fighting for the ones you love, and to stand with them in times of trouble. I personally enjoyed the look into the personal lives of the Hamiltons’, especially Eliza’s struggles and challenges. This book takes humor and sadness and twists it into a story that portrays yet

Whatever Theodora did or told Eleanor to do, she obeyed and at all times puts effort into pleasing her. For example, when all four of them are in the parlor, “Eleanor thought, She moves like an animal, nervous and alert; se can’t sit still while there is any scent of disturbance in the air; we are all uneasy … Theodora came, moving with grace, circling to a resting spot … how lovely she is, Eleanor thought, how thoughtlessly, luckily lovely” (Jackson 125). Eleanor looks up to Theodora and admires her as a motherly figure in her life; however, these feelings of admiration and lovingness fail to endure the entirety of the novel. Eleanor begins to feel hatred towards Theodora and starts to have thoughts, such as “she is wicked, Eleanor thought, beastly and soiled and dirty… I would like to hit her with a stick, Eleanor thought, looking down on Theodora’s head beside her chair; I would like to batter her with rocks” (Jackson 158). Eleanor begins to have these feelings of hatred towards Theodora because Theodora can be portrayed as a better version of

The book “Eleanor & Park” was written by Rainbow Rowell and was published in February 2013 by St. Martin’s Press. Rainbow Rowell is an American author who writes young adult novels. It is a romance novel between two misfit students in 1986. The novel is portrayed from two different viewpoints, from Eleanor’s and Park’s who live in Omaha, Nebraska. Eleanor was a 16-year-old girl with big red curly hair and big body, she has pale skin with dark eyes. Park was a 16-year-old boy who is half Korean with nice black hair and had an average body, not ripped nor skinny. The love story was unusual because not only the main characters have contrast look but their social and family life is different too. This essay will provide summary of the book “Eleanor & Park” and provide the response focusing primarily on bullying, domestic abuse, and child abuse from all the chapters in the book.

The secrecy between Eleanor and the home cause anxiety for both the readers as well as the other characters within the novel. Both harbor a multitude of secrets and feel a sense of security with

In the book Eleanor and Park, Eleanor is an overweight character, and she is always bullied about her size. Eleanor is different from the other kids both physically and mentally. She comes from an intensely poor family, which is led by her evil and abusive step father, Richie. Eleanor doesn’t feel like she fits in, but instead of avoiding this, Eleanor embraces it. Her father makes repeatedly marks about her size, saying she eats a lot. Richie insults Eleanor about her appearance regularly. Eleanor does not hate the fact that she is fat, but she loathes how rejected she is because she looks different than anyone else. Park loves everything about Eleanor. At first, we see that Park isn’t sure why she wants to call attention to herself with her clothing style. But Park’s speculation made sense once he got to know Eleanor.

As a child, Eleanor felt she was the ugly duckling. Insecure and shy, she lost both of her parents as a young girl. Her mother, Anna Hall, died of diphtheria along with her brother Elliot Jr. Two years later her father died. Elliot Roosevelt died of illness, alcohol, and despair. He missed his family. Eleanor was shipped to stay with her strict and proper grandmother. Despite the family trying to make Eleanor feel at home, she continued to feel lonely and empty. It wasn't until she was sent to boarding school in England at the age of fifteen when she established a since of self confidence among other girls with the help of a mentor Mlle Marrie Souvestre. Her marriage to her fifth cousin Franklin Roosevelt increased her insecurities and

Eleanor Douglas and Park Sheridan are clearly outcasts amongst all of those around them. Eleanor because she is very poor and comes from a home of many siblings with an abusive stepfather. Park because he is half-Korean and his primary interest is comic books and mixtapes. The two misfits meet on a school bus on Eleanor’s first day at a new school in Omaha, Nebraska. Eleanor, wearing men’s clothing and having a full figure, is the perfect target for the bullies on the bus of whom will not let her take a seat. As if to her rescue, Park offers a place for Eleanor to sit on the way to school.

Every single piece of literature connects, in some way, to the past. Throughout time we have seen a handful of different literary movements. Even while reading pieces of modern literature, we are able to relate them to these movements that happened hundreds of years ago. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, is an example of one of these books. The entire novel is filled with traits that reflect the both the Modernist literary movement, as well as the Realism movement.

Many different people come away from reading Eleanor and Park with different options of what the main message of the book was, but one theme sticks out to me the most. The theme that sticks out to me the most is struggle gets better with the right person by your side. In the story all of Eleanor's life was dealing with struggling one way or another, from financial issues to being kicked out of her home for a year by her step-father while her mother ended up lying to her about when she would be coming back for her. Her abusive household and her nonexistence relationship with her Biological Father were also big impacts to her struggles. Her life just seemed to get by and she just went on day by day because she had to, not because she wanted

“When she saw Park standing at the bus stop… she started giggling. Seriously giggling like a cartoon character… It was ridiculous.” (Rowell 169). Throughout the story we see Eleanor as a character who was quiet and kept to herself, now we see her opening up later in the story. Told from a different point of view, someone views it as “ridiculous” that someone that was once quiet and awkward is now not as much like her old self. In her society, people already had a fixed impression of Eleanor, now that she has changed, people view it as something that is out of the ordinary. Eleanor’s growth of her character show how she is dissimilar from society’s assumption both physically and spiritually.

In Eleanor and Park, the perspective of the characters alters constantly from one to the other throughout the book, giving the reader a look into how the characters react to their surroundings. The author’s choice of including an interchanging narrative impacts how the reader relates to the characters. When Park first encounters Eleanor on the bus, his reaction gives the reader insight on how he feels about Eleanor. Park comments that “nobody would look at her… it was kind of a train wreck/eclipse situation”(Rowell 11), giving us a sense that he didn’t think highly of Eleanor in their first encounter. By giving the reader a perspective inside the character’s minds, it allows us, as the audience, to experience the

Eleanor & Park is a young adult novel by Rainbow Rowell. This story is praised and loved by all ages because of it’s ability to relate to the reader with it’s varied issues and themes that anyone can relate to. From romance, to bullying and violence, it has a little something for everyone. Overall themes are an important asset to this young adult novel, since they are the ideas that Rainbow Rowell explores, and helps the story take shape. It all goes back into the “coming of age” theme. The protagonists, Eleanor and Park, are two 16 year olds facing life’s obstacles, such as bullying, abuse, and even romance. This book teaches many lessons that one reader might relate to; although taking place in 1986, the lessons still relate to this day, from relationships, to issues at home. Eleanor & Park is an exceptional book that even the most hardened reader can relate to, this book handles a lot of issues and themes that anyone can relate to, and dishes out life lessons that will impact the reader, it’s written in such a realistic way, that it feels like a real story, and that is not in any way fictional. This book is a great piece of fiction that blends in pop culture, issues, and romance all in one that anyone can read.

School Bus: Eleanor and Park first laid eyes on each other in the school bus. “The new girl took a deep breath and stepped farther down the aisle. Nobody would look at her. Park tried not to”.(7). As the main source of transportation to school for the a whole year, teens have chosen their “assigned seats” on the first day of school, sectioning off clicks and friends. “ “you can’t sit there,” Tina said. “that’s Mikayla’s seat.”.(8) Rowell uses the secluded atmosphere to emphasize Eleanor’s difference from the usual 80’s teen norm.

It is 1986 in Omaha, Nebraska and Eleanor, a big red headed sixteen year old and Park, a half-Korean sixteen year old meet on the bus and realize they have many similarities. Comic books and music from the 80’s rock world pull them together after many awkward encounters. These two out of place teenagers have one amazing love and it makes it hard to stop reading. Eleanor and Park are both smart and know that first loves never last, but they are brave and desperate enough to try. This story challenges the idea of love at first sight, and definitely makes us think about what it means to intensely connect with another person. When Eleanor and Park clicked they didn 't talk, but Park would give Eleanor comics secretly on the bus and sneak them into her backpack. Park also made Eleanor a mix tape of 80’s music so that she wasn’t in the shadows. Eleanor had a rough family life with many siblings and a mother who paid more attention to her husband than her children. Park doesn 't know this but he make Eleanor happy and makes going home easier. Eleanor struggled with bulling in many ways, physically and mentally. Eleanor is a strong girl but it gets to a certain point where she can 't do it anymore. Park helps her through it when he comforts and talks through things with her. With Eleanor’s parents not liking Park and Park’s