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A 10 page research paper that is built around the portrayal of a fictional character. Kate Phillips' novel White Rabbit (1996) offers a detailed psychological, biographic and social portrait of a tough, eccentric 88-year-old woman, Ruth Caster Armstrong Hubble. The novel recounts the events of Ruth's last day of life. Through flashbacks, the author recounts the transitions that constitute the life of this woman. Examination of Phillips' detailed characterization demonstrates how various psychological facts about women can be dramatized and this illuminates and adds insight into their meaning. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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events of Ruths last day of life. Through flashbacks, the author recounts the transitions that constitute the life of this woman. Examination of Phillips detailed characterization demonstrates how various psychological
facts about women can be dramatized and this illuminates and adds insight into their meaning. While Phillips account of Ruthies life skips around in "stream of consciousness" fashion, for
the purposes of clarity, this assessment of Ruth will address her life in chronological order. Childhood There is not a great deal of attention focused on Ruths childhood. The
reader does learn, however, that her grandfather was a strict disciplinarian, and, even in old age, Ruthie is proud of her "Carter backbone." Ruthies own father deserted her mother
when she was still quite small. Phillips shows how this fact affected Ruthie psychologically throughout her life, as she marries a man at midlife, Henry Hubble, whom she does not
particularly like, much less love, in order to obtain a sense of security. A scene that Phillips dramatizes in detail that occurred in Ruthies childhood indicates how the expectations of
society were transmitted concerning female identity formation were transmitted to Ruthie as a child. She is talking with her favorite relative, her beloved Aunt Elizabeth, who tells Ruthie, "Youll find
yourself some wonderful fellow, thats a sure deal, too. Just make sure hes got class, like my man" (p. 30). Adulthood This statement by Aunt Elizabeth indicates the cultural expectation
that a womans identity is based, at least partially, on that of the man in her life. Barnett (1997) outlines this traditional perspective on identity formation for women. Citing the
work of Erikson, Barnett states that marriage and motherhood are generally considered "crucial to the completion of a womans identity" (p. 326). In fact, Barnett, citing Erikson, argues that it
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