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Haunting of Hill House

Theodora came through the bathroom door into Eleanor's room; she is lovely, Eleanor thought, turning to look; I wish I were lovely.? This quote shows the lack of confidence she has. One of Eleanor's lies was when she told the others she lived alone in an apartment. This is not true because she lives with her sister and her boyfriend in a house. What is true is that this student cheated, copying this essay from a free essay site. The reason she told this lie was because Theo lived in an apartment with a friend so she felt Theo would not accept her. Throughout the story there were instances where everyone in the house had an opinion of something. Eleanor would not tell anyone about the way she really felt because she didn't want anyone to reject her. So she would say what everybody else would say. If Theo favorite color was blue, so was Eleanor's. If Theo hated something so did Eleanor. Eleanor would have never thought she had to lie to fit in. Being pressured to fit it she felt she had no choice but to pick an identity the others would like. That is one example of how society's views on a person lead them to things they would have never thought of.
             Another example of society's views on a person leading them to things they never thought of was when Eleanor lost all her fear of Hill House. There are a lot of instances where people try to be someone they are not and are still not accepted so much they stop to care about everything else. This happened to Eleanor. She felt so isolated from everyone else and felt she stopped caring about everything. She did not think of the fear she had of Hill House. She didn't care. Since the others rejected her she felt the only thing she had was the house. Eleanor quotes,? I Have broken the spell of Hill House and somehow come inside. When Eleanor first came to the house she hated it. She was scared of every room and would not dare go anywhere alone.


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