Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Nancy

Nancy is described as being very responsible and containing integrity. Although, she is the "perfect being" in In Cold Blood, the pressure to be this "perfect being" causes her to have many flaws. Nancy helps many people. She helps young girls with their cooking, sewing, and music lessons. She is a straight-A student along with being a fabulous musician and president of both her class, and the 4-H program. Not only does she do all of this, but she competes and wins at the county fair at things like, flower arrangement, and needlework. Along with all the things she does, comes many flaws. The book says, "That quieted him, for Kenyon, as he knew she knew, did once in a while sneak a puff-but, then again, so did nancy." This shows that from all of these responsibilities comes an enormous amount of pressure and to release some of this pressure, Nancy, on occasion smokes. Another flaw that Nancy acquired due to her responsibilities is the flaw of over-scheduling. Nancy will schedule two things at the same time because if one gets cancelled then she will not have nothing to do. But the downside is, if nothing is cancelled she has to let somebody down by cancelling on her own. This is an inconveinance to the people around her and therefore a flaw. Due to the hectic and overloaded life of nancy she is looked at as the "perfect being", yet it is obvious the pressure that comes with these responsibilities comes pressure and to deal with this pressure comes many flaws.

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