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St Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Werewolves Summary

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In the story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Werewolves”, we can see an obvious change in Claudette throughout the five stages of Lycanthropic Culture Shock. The five stages of Lycanthropic Culture Shock are the stages in which the girls who were raised by werewolves shift into more human-like culture. After every stage, we see that Claudette turns more like a human and drifts farther away from her past, wolf-like, culture. In stage one, we see that Claudette is still acting wolf-like. The text says, “We remedied this by spraying exuberant yellow streams all over the bunks.” (225 Russell).As we can see in this quote, Claudette is trying to adapt to her environment and make herself feel at home by marking her territory in her wolf cultural …show more content…

The text from stage 3 states, “We sang at the chapel annexed to the home every morning.” (239 Russell). The quote from stage 3 tells us that Claudette has advanced pretty quickly. In the quote it is said that the girls were singing. Before you sing, you need to know how to talk, so this means that Claudette knows how to speak the english language pretty well. Singing is a very complicated thing when you are just learning a new language and culture, especially when you came from a culture where didn’t actually sing notes and rhythms. In stage 4, we see some of the bad human traits in Claudette, like in this quote: “(Jeanette talking to Claudette) ‘Please. Help me to mop up Mirabella’s mess.’ I ignored her and continued down the hall.” “I was worried only about myself.” [Both quotes] (Russell 241). The first quote shows that Claudette doesn’t worry about what Jeanette is doing and thinks that she can handle herself. The second quote shows the selfish trait of humans. Claudette doesn’t want anything to do with Jeanette’s problems and only cares about herself and what is going on with her. Both quotes show the bad human characteristics, which are very advanced when switching to a new culture. In stage 5, Claudette and girls’ transformation is complete and they will be able to interact with the human species

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Claudette tried her best to adapt to the humans culture and all the feral children had spent months learning to assimilate into human culture. However, despite her perseverance through all these challenges, some of the wolf in them still remained. This would later cause Claudette to stand out in both societies due to the wolf characteristics that still remained (thus not fitting in with the human societies) and the human characteristics that she learned (thus not fitting in the the werewolf societies). Feral diction also appeared in the story when Claudette attempted to dance to sausalito with Kyle. When she stepped onto the dance floor, the panicked and the feral part of her returned; Russell writes, “I threw back my head, a howl clawing its way up my throat” (250).

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“I told him I that I would never lose trust in him, and I promised myself I never would”(76). At this point in the story, Jeannette is the only one who seems to still believe in her father. She looks up to him with a child’s eyes and always wants to be there for him. After failing her everyday, having faith in her father begins to be a struggle for Jeanette, and her tone changes. “If Francie saw the good in her father, maybe I was not a complete fool for believing in mine, or trying to believe in him.

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There are many literary devices used across stories. Color imagery is one of these literary devices that is used when colors give objects a symbolic meaning. In the short story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell, girls who have been raised as wolves are thrust into the unknown as they are forced to adapt to human society. Their childhood was spent living with wolves, however they are taken in by nuns of St. Lucy’s who attempt to assimilate them into the human world through different phases. Throughout the story, color imagery is used to emphasize the key theme of unity, establish the conflicted tone, and metaphorically develop Claudette’s character.

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People who endure dislocation feel out of place and have many mixed emotions. Karen Russell’s “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” tells the story of a group of girls who suffer from lycanthropy including Jeanette, Claudette, and Mirabella. The “pack” of girls go through many stages to rehabilitate to their human identity. The girls experience culture shock and have to work as they progress through the stage.

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This proves itself by how Claudette took on a large dose of self-confidence and independence. At the installation of the fourth section, Claudette ignored Jeanette’s need for help and continued with what she needed to accomplish for herself to be successful at the time. Claudette’s confidence and independence shows her understanding of situations and comfort in her new life. Further along in the fourth stage, when the Debutante Ball began, Claudette had her hair swept “back into high, bouffant hairstyles” and was “wearing a white organdy dress with orange polka dots” while eating fancy hors d’œuvres (Russell 242). This display of comportement further shows her confidence and acclimation to the human culture through her ability to stand the high class situation.

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