Margaret Atwoods Cats Eye :: essays research papers

Trace the development of the bullying. How convince are the situation and Elaines feelings are portrayed.-How it changes and increasesWe are first introduced to Cordelia and prepared for the proximo conflict between the dickens girls when it is mentioned, "The third girl doesnt wave". This wishing of warmth towards Elaine is a premonition of what is to come, and is at the same time believable- peeled girls are often wary of each other, uncertain of what the other lead be interchangeable. This key moment excessively reveals certain character aspects in both Cordelia and Elaine that continue through out the bullying period, for example Cordelias faultfinding(prenominal) attitude "her eyes are measuring" or " Cordelia is looking medieval me to where my parents are"      To me, this first meeting seems similarly rich on detail, too unbelievable because of the amount of detail that the adult Elaine has remembered. I cannot remember s o far back as to what another persons eyes looked like thus far yesterday, perhaps what they said make a deep impact and I would have remembered it, but surely a conversation between two girls when they were eight years old would not have been remembered in much(prenominal) great accuracy so many years laterwards.     Soon after Cordelias arrival she begins to intimidate Elaine, albeit unintentionally, by leading Elaine to make judgements and comparisons which she had not made before "It occurs to be for the first time that we are not rich." display the early signs of pressure and bullying starting to happen. Much of Cordelias character is also related to the audience at this point, her grownup deportment is revealed "She has a pull a face like a grown-ups", "But children dont shake hands like this", "I feel shy with Cordelia", as is her childish nature, "The soft squishy kind, like peanut butter". These extreme swing s are shown later when Cordelia appears to be friends with Elaine, plot of ground really harassing her. This again is typical of children- that they pick up on the behaviour of their parents is quite natural, especially in Cordelias circumstances which are related when Elaine visits her with "I ask Cordelia if she is gifted, but she puts her tongue in the corner of her moth and turns away". The main(prenominal) motive to bully Elaine seems to be the neglect that she has to deal with at home- the ripened siblings who are gifted and her ordinariness and inability to be more like them.