British Literature Character Sketch, The Cement Garden-Julie
unsure about her actions and she wasn’t ready for her role as the
mother. She was constantly tired of little Tom wanting her attention.
She may be more responsible than her brother Jack, on the other
hand she is less analytical. Julie is often unable to see the
consequences of her decisions and actions. For example, actions
involving Derek into their lives, which also led to the exposure of
their secret.
Losing parents definitely had a large role in forming Julies character.
As if losing both-father and later mother wasn’t hard enough, they
couldn’t tell anyone and she had to take all the responsibility so
they could avoid ending up in foster care. I can only imagine how
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hard it must’ve been for a teenage girl, to start acting like an adult
to due such circumstances.
Julie’s father used to make fun of her ambitions of becoming a
famous athlete, however she was actually pretty talented. She held
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