Ellen Foster

Ellen Foster:

I am now reading the book Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons. I am about a few chapters in and so far I am very confused. The main character has no name, and to make it in worse there are two realities. A girl is in a bad home with an abuse, drunk dad and then her mom dies because of him. Right now she is riding in a limo to her moms funeral with some of her relatives. What really confuses me though is then there will be a break in the text and she will wake up in this world where she is rich and her new mom makes her cookies and she has ponies. It is so confusing and weird!!!! I don't really like the book because I am just really confused.

 I think Kaye Gibbons wrote this book to make people feel sorrow and to write in a unique format. While she wrote this book I think she wants us to see the message of responsibility. At the very beginning of this story, before the mom dies, the main character takes the task of trying to help her mom with choirs and with keeping her dad calm so he will not hurt them. She definitely a strong and independent girl.

Because I have not read very far in this book my favorite character is the main character because she is courageous and strong. She tries to get though the day with out getting to angry and frustrated so her dad does not fight with her mom. I very much admire her because I was in her situation I would go crazy.

"I always want to lay here. And she moves her arm up and I push my head down by her side. And I will crawl in and make room for myself. My heart will be the one that beats. And hers has stopped"
This such a cool quote because it shows her love for her mother. This quote shows their relationship and the last moment they had together before she died.

I have many questions about this book. One of them is why the heck did she have to write in such a confusing way?!? I also would love to know why the author would kill the only good thing in this girls life. Finally I kinda want to know why the book has no quotes?...why is it only the girl's thoughts?