Ellen Foster goes through many shocking events at a very young age in the novel, Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons. ... At the very beginning of the novel, Kaye Gibbons reveals one of Ellen's most inner thoughts, "When I was little, I would think of ways to kill my daddy. ... This symbolic sentence also tells us that her father is a horrible person that has no respect for Ellen, himself, or anyone else. Ellen moves many times in the book. ... Kaye Gibbons ends the story by having Ellen look back at her life and realize that her problems are nothing compared to the problems that Starletta ha...

• Word Count: 372
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The novel Ellen Foster written by Kaye Gibbons, portrays the ill-fated life of Ellen, an 11 year old girl mourning the death of her mother and living with the burden of her alcoholic father. ... Within the text Ellen foster, Gibbons' explores societies' opinion upon different skin colour and how it destroyed families and resulted in hardship for members of the community. ... Within the text Ellen Foster, Gibbons' envelops the attitudes and values of family life of the time and setting of which the novel was set. ... Through and exploration upon family and social life of the set ...

• Word Count: 1059
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons is a book about the trials and hardships a young girl goes through in the first eleven years of her life. ... Because of Ellen's artistic ability she draws oceans and cats, among other things in her spare time. ... Because of the pain and suffering in her life, Ellen likes to draw pictures of brooding oceans. ... Ellen would go on to be a wonderful mother and wife. ... With the help of her "New Momma" Ellen would become a very proud and hardworking woman. ...

• Word Count: 475
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Three prime examples of adolescent struggles are in the characters Ellen Foster, from the novel Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons; Holden Caulfield, from the novel Catcher in the Rye by J. ... At the beginning of the three stories, Ellen Foster, Catcher in the Rye, and Stand by Me, the characters Ellen, Holden, and Gordie, were all comparatively at the same place in terms of the relationships they had with their parents. ... Where Ellen was able to start anew with her foster family, Holden and Gordie were forced to find resolution through other means, such as siblings or friends. At the end of Elle...

• Word Count: 1185
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School