Greta Elbus, at the beginning of the story, is characterized as snobby, rude, mean, and sister-hating. While flashbacks are evident in the main character's mind (of their youthful, happy days), it is clear that the situation between the sisters are no longer so happy. Greta's rude character dramatically affects June's character, as June's character soon becomes more afraid and closed-off. I believe that the author intended to make Greta as hate-able of a character as possible in the beginning, as I really disliked Greta.
Through the story, it is shown that Greta has multiple insecurities, and to combat them, she takes out her anger on June. It is also *SPOILERS* shown that Greta became rude and cruel towards June because of her near-obsession with her uncle, Finn. Though Greta loves June throughout the while book, it is difficult to realize. Us readers begin to get hints about Greta's true character, but it is not fully revealed until the end of the book.
The article that is comparable to this book is named "HIV/AIDS fight advances on multiple fronts, according to researchers". Click here to see the article. This helped me understand the book's plot, as this modern advancement is foreshadowed in the book.
No comments:
Post a Comment