A few quotes stuck out at me and got my attention. One is from Jess's grandfather. He says, "two hungry people should never make friends. If they do, they eat each other up. It is the same with one person who is hungry and another who is full: they cannot be real, real friends because the hungry one will eat the full one" (248-49). I think Jess's grandfather is talking about Jess and her friend TillyTilly. I don't think Jess and TillyTilly should be friends because Tilly is a bad influence on Jess and makes her do bad things. TillyTilly gets Jess into a lot of trouble at school and influences her to do bad things to kids at school. By the word hungry in this quote, I think it means that Jess really wants a friendship and she wants it so bad that she would be friends with anyone. Jess is in need of a friend and doesn't want to be lonely anymore. I think Jess's grandfather knows that TillyTilly is not a good friend for her to have. That is what he could mean by the statement "two hungry people should never make friends." Both Jess and TillyTilly want a relationship or friendship so bad that they don't realize how much their friendship is not working. I don't think their friendship is working because Jess used to be a well behaved girl who didn't get into any trouble at school. After meeting TillyTilly, she turns into a completely opposite person.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
"The Icarus Girl"
"The Icarus Girl" is a novel by Helen Oyeyemi. It is about a young girl, Jessamy, who has an extraordinary imagination. She has a hard time fitting in at school, but makes a friend, TillyTilly, who understands her. TillyTilly's visits soon become more disturbing and Jessamy realizes she doesn't know her friend at all. Jessamy comes to the realization that she is in her imagination or in the spirit world.
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I would argue against your final statement. Before meeting TillyTilly, Jess did have screaming fits in school, but after becoming friends with TillyTilly, these fits became more frequent. It was not until after Jess met TillyTilly that she bit the girl who made fun of her at school and cut pictures out of the textbooks. I do agree though that their friendship is not a healthy one.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement that it is an unhealthy relationship. An unhealthy friendship makes things harder and sometimes its bad for other relationships.
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