In chapter five the setting changes. Gemma is still in London but arrives at the boarding school she is going to be staying at.
"Your room is here." We're on the third floor, making our way down a long hall with many doors. Photographic portraits of Spence's various classes hang on the walls -- grainy faces even harder to see in teh dim light of a few gas lamps. Finally we come to a room at the end on the left. Mrs. Nightwing opens the door wide to reveal a cramped, musty- smelling room that could optimistcally be described as cheerless and realistically be called drab. There's a water stained desk, a chair, and a lamp. Iron beds hug the left and right walls. One bed looks lived in, with a neatly tucked quilt. The other, my bed fits in a tight nook under a steep eave that could probably break my skull if i sit up too quickly. It's a dormer room, one that juts out over the side of the building like an afterthought -- perfect for an afterthought of a girl, added to the roster at the last possible moment." page 43
This paragraph is Gemma describing her new room at the boarding school she is now going to attend called Spence. As you know she used to live in India and this strict boarding school is way different than her old home. I felt that this was a good paragraph that showed setting because this is going to be her new room for the rest of the book while she stays in London at the school.
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I agree with the fact that this paragraph states where she will be for the amount of time she spends at Spence. The way the dorms are set up in the book some what reminds me of college life and the way it is set up.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way that she describes the pictures. It ones of those things that you can see in your mind.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone. Gemma is just being inroduced to her new school and is desctibing everything. I agree with her about her room because she is the last person to enter the school and seems to be getting bad accomodations.
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