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Submitted by ceilidh on January 23, 2007
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During our life we develop and mature in ways that as a youth are unimaginable. We change without knowing it. The transition from a child to a young adult does not happen overnight: it is a gradual build up from our youth which is influenced by our parents, piers and things going on around us. Sometimes we do not know we are changing and it is a surprise brought upon us as we are told by those closest to us, other times we want to change but can not dig deep down within ourselves to get out of our old ways. However other times we are forced to change and adapt to these new ways and sometimes its easier than expected. Griet is a suitable character to examine in order to look at the change in maturity amongst the characters in “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier.
At the start of this novel Griet is a timid, vulnerable character. Everything she does is in aid of those around her. This anxiety to please is presented to us through her eyes,
“…the widening of my already wide eyes.”
The sincerity, carefulness and almost perfect attitude she has towards helping people is almost un-natural. It is as if this sixteen year old girl has the patience and courtesy of a saint. However this leads us to believe that this girl was brought up with the values of love and care, rather than material positions. Being the daughter of a local tile painter, money is tight and after an accident leaves her father blind and unable to work it is then Griet who is left to be in charge of the weekly income. She is clueless about this until her mother lets her know,
“You are to start tomorrow as their maid.”
Griet is absolutely bemused, and informs the reader of this by saying,
“I pressed my lips together.”
As she is taken in that she is to work as a maid in the home of Vermeer. We realise that for a simple Protestant girl, being thrown...
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