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Life In John Cushman's Catherine Called Birdy

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Catherine, Called Birdy is written around the times of 1290 and 1291 in Lincolnshire, the historical county in the east of England. Catherine, the protagonist, wishes she had been born a different person. She questions that if she was born a woman, why not a wealthy woman? This question pops up quite often considering her life is not a life someone would expect a 14 year old girl to be living. Catherine expresses her disappointment in the following quote from the story, “Instead I am the daughter of a country knight with but ten servants, seventy villagers, no minstrel, and acres of unhemmed linen. It grumbles my guts” (Cushman 5). This statement clearly demonstrates how reluctant Catherine is to live in this lifestyle. The following quote

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