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Belonging in Oranges and The girls - Coggle Diagram
Belonging in Oranges and The girls
Running away to find ones self
The cult
This allows Evie to feel special due to her rejection of normal conventions
Conformity to criminal activities and sexual relations to feel a sense of likeness
Jeanettes mother kicks her out the house, she proceeds to work several jobs and then move to the city where she struggles to belong, so one winter she returns home to her mother who appears to have softened her beliefs surrounding Jeanette
Besides the differences in the abandonment of their old lives both Evie and Jeanette return back to their old lives
Platonic/female relationships
Evie's infatuation with Suzanne, her desire to please her, her want to further their relationship sexually / romatically, Suzanne often gives her the attention she craves
Elsie, a member of the church who serves as a mother like figure when Jeanettes own mother is neglectful
Her friend ship with other girls at the ranch i.e. Roos and Helen
Evie's childhood best friend Connie, they spent their lives together but after a falling out over Evie's crush on Connies brother
Ida, the lesbian lady from the paper shop who was always kind to Jeanette, she allows Jeanette a sense of likeness and understanding
Romantic / sexual relationships
Evie somewhat enjoys the attention she receives from Russel, it allows her to feel wanted it means more that he is a leader / person of figure
there is no real belonging, her relationship with Russle is sexual and emotional manipulation
Evie's participation in relations with Mitch Leweis in attempts to please Suzanne and Russel
Jeanettes unwanted sexual relations with Miss Jewsbury
Melanie, Jeanettes first love
Katy, Jeanettes second love who is more open about their longing for each other
Mother relationships
Evie's some what alienated relationship with her mother Jean
Although Jeanette is adopted, her mother is neglectful and rejecting due to her sexuality
Jean attempts to find her own belonging through the performative mother role (caregiver / homemaker)
Evie's mother also attempts to seek belonging through a series of men after her husband leaves
Both characters lack a present father figure, Jeanettes father is always working and Evie's father left their family for a younger woman
Hometowns
Jeanettes christian beliefs, she still holds sense of belonging to the church even after they confront her
Jeanette is often outcasted and bullied at school due to her evangelical beliefs