Of course Mary and Colin are both spoiled and selfish and not very kind.
But they are also headtrong, which is good and bad. When they channel their stubborness toward the positive they are unstoppable. I believe their determination and strong will is what saves both of them.
They also have imagination and hope which are also powerful qualities.
I love when it says that Mary came to find herself and save Colin. Until they had each other they had no idea who they were or how they could be better.
Once again, I agree. They are both in sad little worlds devoid of adults that really care for them. They are both selfish and spoiled. They both are so caught up in themselves they have no idea what the world is really like. I think they are both smart and curious. As Julie said they are headstrong and determined.
They were spoiled by their servants and were selfish and very needy. They didn't didn't consider the feelings of others because they had been so neglected themselves...Mary because she had a very selfish mother and wanted nothing to do with Mary and demanded the servants let her have anything she wanted so she would not bother her. So that is how she learned to treat people. Colin was neglected for a different reason but still had those around him that were expected to serve him and he demanded from everyone anything he wanted. He was so afraid of a hump back and dying that I think he was also fighting back and lashing out at others. Mary saw this in him when she first met him because she saw herself in many ways in him...especially since she had begun to realize how she had been and how she had acted first and was now well on her way to changing.
We are a group of sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, aunts, grandmothers, and friends coming together because of our shared love of reading.
Annegirl
Favorite books are the Anne series and Emily series by L.M Montgomery, the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, Timeline and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton,just about everything by Shannon Hale (especially Goose Girl and Book of A Thousand Days), the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, the Hunger Games trilogy and Gregor series by Suzanne Collins, the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. I add to my favorites list all the time!
Bookworm
Favorite books include Gone With the Wind, the Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Hunt for Red October, The Patriarch (George Washington), Those Who Love, and The Presidents Lady
Stampin_Maniac
Favorite books are the Twilight series, any by Mary Higgins Clark, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, autobiographies, and The Work and the Glory series.
Julie
Favorite books include...East of Eden and all other John Steinbeck works, 1984, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina, Rebecca, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Memoirs of a Geisha, Charlotte's Web (and lots of other children's fiction novels)
Holly
Favorite books include Emma, the Harry Potter series, The Little Prince, Taming of the Shrew, Ender's Game, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Twilight series, A Christmas Carol, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, OPJB, and all of Bill Peet's children's books.
Deenie Bug
Favorite books are The Quicksilver Pool, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Moonraker's Bride, Window on the Square, The Secret Garden, Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, and Agatha Christie books.
Wendy
Favorite books are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Oh the places you'll go, 1776, Little Women, Persuasion, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Little House, Christy, and A Lantern in her hand
BreeAnn
Favorite books are To Kill A Mockingbird, Little House on the Prairie, The Notebook, Twilight series, Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Work and the Glory series, anything by Mary Higgins Clark, and A child called it.
Sanya the Duck
Favorite books are Pride and Prejudice, The Good Earth, The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter series, Twilight series, Anne of Green Gables, These is my Words, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Work and the Glory series, and The Kingdom and the Crown series.
Keddy-Weddy
G-Mama
Favorite books are Matilda, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, The Hiding Place, The Outsiders, Dealing with Dragons series, Twilight series, The Lord of the Rings series, The Thirteenth Tale, and Emily of New Moon
Stephanie
Favorite books include The Twilight series
Mel
Hare_Bear
Favorite books are the Twilight series and the Harry Potter series
3 comments:
Of course Mary and Colin are both spoiled and selfish and not very kind.
But they are also headtrong, which is good and bad. When they channel their stubborness toward the positive they are unstoppable. I believe their determination and strong will is what saves both of them.
They also have imagination and hope which are also powerful qualities.
I love when it says that Mary came to find herself and save Colin. Until they had each other they had no idea who they were or how they could be better.
Once again, I agree.
They are both in sad little worlds devoid of adults that really care for them. They are both selfish and spoiled. They both are so caught up in themselves they have no idea what the world is really like.
I think they are both smart and curious. As Julie said they are headstrong and determined.
They were spoiled by their servants and were selfish and very needy. They didn't didn't consider the feelings of others because they had been so neglected themselves...Mary because she had a very selfish mother and wanted nothing to do with Mary and demanded the servants let her have anything she wanted so she would not bother her. So that is how she learned to treat people. Colin was neglected for a different reason but still had those around him that were expected to serve him and he demanded from everyone anything he wanted. He was so afraid of a hump back and dying that I think he was also fighting back and lashing out at others. Mary saw this in him when she first met him because she saw herself in many ways in him...especially since she had begun to realize how she had been and how she had acted first and was now well on her way to changing.
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