I believe that the significance of Shirley Temple in this story is happiness. Lovey strives for happiness in her life, the kind of happiness that Shirley had at the end of her shows every Sunday. Since Lovey and Jerry had to attend Sunday School, they were not able to see the end of her shows, instead they would make up there own endings while in Sunday School. I think that Shirley's happiness in the story would make Lovey yearn for her own happiness, she was missing it in her life so this made her eager to want to watch her show and also write out her own endings of the shows.
I think that Lovey lives through Shirley. Not only through the happy endings to the shows, but because she is cute, likable, smart and most of all Shirley was important. She is everything that Lovey wants to be. Jerry made Lovey feel important, I think he went along with making the happy endings to the stories because he knew how much Lovey was into Shirley Temple. He was a great friend to her. Lovey wished for a life like Shirley Temple, so with her not able to watch the end of her shows, she makes up her own and in reality I think that these endings that she makes up are really what she wishes for in her own life.
Good job, I think you said it all perfectly, I totally agree with everything you said, Shirley was such an inspiration to little Lovey and Jerry was always there to back her up on her endings and I think that was important for her to have him in her life. Since she didn't have happiness and love like Shirley did, its kinda sad but seems like Lovey has hope that one day she will be just like Shirley in her own ways.
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ReplyDeleteGreat response. It is so clear in the story that Lovey totally looks up to Shirley Temple as an inspiration. Shirley Temple seems to have all the wonderful things that she is missing; looks, charm, love and happiness. I think Lovey strived to be like Shirley Temple in her own ways. It was great how you recognize the important friendship that she and Jerry shared. This companionship is what got her through her tough experiences.
Thanks for sharing,
Mandy Ericson
Great response. Lovey wanted to be just like Shirley. She wanted the happiness that Shirley had at the end of every show, even though Lovey did not get to see the happiness because of having to go to Sunday school. I liked the fact that Lovey and Jerry would make up their own happy endings to the Shirley Temple show. I think that Shirley was an inspiration to Lovey. She wanted to be just like her. She wanted the love from her family and the happiness that Shirley had.
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