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How To Respond To Stereotypes In The Doll's House

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“When you’re an introvert like me and you’ve been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It’s a real release.” Lana Del Rey. This quote that was just stated describes a story called “The Doll’s House” with two young girls that must persevere to live a different life. Now imagine a time where the poor family gets tormented and hated on by the rich and popular. This is how the Kelveys lived their day to day life, living in terror from the rich who they called the Burnells. They are the daughters of a single mother who is a washerwoman. The Kelvey children's personalities differ from other characters in a few ways: physical appearance, their conflicts they have to face, and their …show more content…

They didn’t have the money to buy nice looking clothes to wear like everybody else. The truth about what they wore was made of bits from what their mother was given by the people that she worked for. For instance, one of the Kelvey children named Lil has a dress that is made from a tablecloth from the Burnells home. Also, the sleeves of the dress are from red curtains from the Logans’ household. Her little sister, Else on the other hand wore a white dress that seemed like it would be a nightgown. She also wore a pair of boots for little boys as her …show more content…

As one of the Burnell children named Kezia was swinging, the Kelveys were walking passed and said hello to them. This was odd because the Burnells weren’t allowed to speak to the Kelveys, but what stopped the Kelvys was when Kezia asked if they wanted to see her dollhouse. This dollhouse was special because everyone has seen it and thought it was fantastic except for the Kelveys who aren’t allowed. Lil refused to go see it because she didn’t want to get in trouble, but Kezia kept trying to persuade them to come look and finally Else was tugging at Lil begging her to go. So, the Kelveys went to see the Burnells

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