Learning Goal: I’m working on a english exercise and need support to help me learn.
Journal 4 –Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine Ch. 21-25, pp. 172-214
Please choose and respond to one of the following questions:
- Explain the paradox in the following quote from Eleanor: “Although it’s good to try new things and keep an open mind, it’s also extremely important to stay true to who you really are. I read that in a magazine at the hairdressers� (174).
2. Given that she didn’t know him well, why do you think Sammy’s death and funeral impacted Eleanor so hard?
OR
- Explain the following quote: “I wasn’t good at pretending . . . . After what had happened in that burning house . . . I could see no point in being anything other than truthful with the world. But, by careful observation from the sidelines, I’d worked out that social success is often built on pretending just a little� (198).
JOURNAL RESPONSE FORMAT:
Your response should begin with the question to which you are responding.
Then your 250-word response
Last, your thought-provoking question to this assignment