In the short story St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, the author, Karen Russell, develops the main protagonist, Claudette, throughout a total of five stages. The story starts when Claudette, who is not yet named, is starting the Lycanthropic Culture Shock to become civilized because, at the time, she was wild and uncivilized. She learns that she needs to become civilized quickly, and learns many skills. However, she also has a lot of trouble and almost fails on numerous occasions. At the
“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell is a story about nuns taking in wolf girls and teaching them about human civilization. What the girls are taught and the level they are at all depends on a book called, “The Jesuit Handbook of Lycanthropic Culture Shock.” In this book it explains what the girls should be feeling and acting at every stage. The handbook provides for the girls guidance into human culture. Claudette, one of the girls and the narrator, adapts to all five stages