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Characters In Character Analysis Of Corel By Garel Vs. Sorel

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Simon is an unkempt slouch, in his ‘extremely dirty tennis shirt’ whereas Sorel is much more conscious of her appearance and, as Coward states, is ‘more neatly dressed.’ Simon’s interest during the extract is preparing his cartridge paper for more drawing, while Sorel seems to know enough about literature to discern that the collection of poetry that she was given by her friend is no more than mediocre. Simon is situated in low culture, while she is situated in high culture. Furthermore, although it is not specified how far into adulthood either of them are, Simon is much more childish and immature, whereas Sorel seems to have this slightly more adult awareness. But their differences are not confined to their appearances or to the things with which they occupy themselves. The siblings each have different attitudes as to how they have been brought up, and they have clearly responded differently to whatever it was that they learned from their parents, if anything.

Sorel seems to have a much more realistic perception of the problems within their family, while Simon does not really recognise them as being problematic. Sorel is very conscious of how they might appear to other people, like their guests, for example, whereas Simon does not really seem to care how his family and himself appears to other people. Sorel thinks that the family is ‘so awfully bad mannered’ and includes herself in that. Simon responds with ‘what do you mean exactly, by bad mannered?’ as if he does not

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