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St. Lucy's Home For Girls Summary

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In the short story, “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls” the author Karen Russell conveys a message of transformation using an allegorical form of wolves. The wolves symbolically represent the uninhibited behavior we are instinctual born with. In order to conform to this unfamiliar culture the girls travel through stages of transformation. These stages represent the different phases of maturity and development in their lives. The unfamiliar culture is the platform of life where they learn a new language, behaviors and experiences which in turn leads to acceptance into their new culture. The assimilation of the transformation is met with resistance/fear because it requires the girl wolves to leave their pack and assume a new identity. An identity change

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