Ruth Characterisation
- Created by: mimidollins
- Created on: 31-01-21 13:08
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- Manipulative
- Why?
- Wants power in a powerless society
- Reflects the injustices society has served her onto others
- "We're modelled from trash. Junkies, prostitutes, winos, tramps"
- Can't make peace with the fact she's a clone so can't make peace with others
- Belief feeds her destructive tendencies
- "even though T was from H, he isn't like a real H student" (152-3)
- "you haven't been that slow making friends with at least some of the veterans" 123
- Keeps K and T apart
- "We're modelled from trash. Junkies, prostitutes, winos, tramps"
- Result of H society (manipulation common trait)
- Desperate to be loved as she hasn't experienced a parental relationship
- Sees forming worthwhile relationships futile as she will die
- No inner purpose
- Can't make peace with the fact she's a clone so can't make peace with others
- Rebellion at purpose of "caring"
- Attempt to cover inner fears and anxieties about future
- Reflection of anger over fate
- Hungry for life so exercises the little control she has in extreme ways
- Cuts her out of the Secret Guard
- Keeps K and T apart
- Twists K's words to criticise and humiliate T
- tells T that K "finds [his] animals a complete hoot"
- Creates tension
- Twists K's words to criticise and humiliate T
- Lies to put herself in higher authority
- Plays with horses with K
- "You can ride Bramble...But you're not to use your crop on him" p46
- Foreshadows later domination and manipulation of T
- Imperative verbs show dominance
- "suddenly, for no reason I could see" stops game and "deliberately" tires horses
- Adverbs show that R acts unpredictably to maintain control
- "You can ride Bramble...But you're not to use your crop on him" p46
- Callous to people she falls out with but inspires loyalty
- Childhood episodes lay ground for R's latter behaviour
- Enjoys power and can be cruel and sarcastic in abusing it
- Belittles peers
- Kindness out of obligation
- Find substitute for K's tape
- Gives up claim to T (ch 19)
- Exploits weaknesses
- Why?
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