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Ruby Lennox's Behind The Scenes At The Museum

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum is a novel taking place in 1951, where Ruby Lennox, the narrator of the story, gives a play by play of her life starting with conception and ending with the death of her mother. When Ruby is conceived she believes she understands how her mother thinks and feels toward the life she has. As Ruby gets older her ability to know how her mother thinks and feels is fading making Ruby believe her mother doesn't love her. Ruby, the protagonist, is a witty girl who can understand how people think and feel. She has such knowledge before she is even born. Butty is Ruby’s mother, who seems to be very emotionless and not attached to her when she was born. George, Ruby’s father is a very neglectful husband and often cheats on his wife. Gillian is Ruby’s older sister and seems to be trouble maker who does not like to be ignored. But at the age of eleven Gillian dies. Patricia is another older sister of Ruby. This character seems to always be so dramatic but very interested in schools and education. She also seems to be an outcast in the story. …show more content…

From the very beginning her mother is not interested in the pregnancy she is undertaking and Ruby knows that. Ruby always felt her mother and father loved her sister Gillian more than her. But, on Christmas Eve, Gillian is hit by a bus and killed. At that point Ruby feels alone and turns to her other older sister Patricia, becoming best friends with her. Later in the novel Patricia has a baby and puts it up for adoption and run away from home. George, Ruby’s father, is not a very good husband and often cheats on his wife. He cheats on his wife with a waitress from his brothers wedding and after that has a heart attack and passes

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