St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell is an interesting story about three girls. These girls are born and raised by wolves. They have the behavior of wolves, and no human instinct. They are sent to St. Lucy’s to help “rehabilitate” them. There are three sisters, Mirabella, Claudette, and Jeanette. The story mostly focuses on Claudette, since she is the narrator. The reader(s) read the story from her point of view. Claudette is a rather interesting character. She shows to be
In her short story, “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”, Karen Russell develops the progression of the characters in relation to The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock. The characters, young girls raised as wolves, are compared to the handbook in hopes they will adapt to the human culture. The girls’ progression throughout the 5 set stages by the handbook are vital to adapting to the new culture in the time allotted. The main character, Claudette, is compared throughout the story
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell, is a story about three wolf girls sent off to a school to learn how to act like human girls. The story mainly focuses on Claudette, the main character. In each stage it shows how Claudette is developing into a human girl, but there are still some old habits she has. As the stages progress Claudette is developing into a human girl . In stage one, Claudette was developing to human society. Some examples that show that are, '' The decan handed
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
St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves tells us a story about girls being converted by nuns to give up their old wolf like ways and to accept the new human culture. Through the story a question arises are these girls actually "naturalized citizens of human society” (Russell, p. 238) especially Claudette. The answer to this question is that Claudette is in fact has accepted the human culture and is a natural citizen of humanity. Within the first stage there is very little evidence to support