2. Character description
Sixteen Years old- first met Romulus
Shorter then average height, black hair, Hot
figure,
Speaks sophisticated German
Well Educated – studying chemistry, enjoys
Shakespeare and Opera
Unstable, depressed, immature person
Death- from committing suicide
3. What is Alienation?
Macquarie Dictionary:
Someone who is not part of, is shut or excluded
from a social group, country, family ect.
4. Sign’s of alienation involving
Christine in Book.
The Birth of Raimond Gaita, excluded herself
from her family and rejected her son. Thus family
alienates her as a result of looking after her child
(pg9)
She was socially not accepted in Australia “
Control your wife she is stealing our husband”
(pg17)
She alienates her family under free will, choosing
to live in Melbourne within the busy city instead of
with her family. (pg26)
Hora “Listen to me , if you don’t leave this house
today I’ll take a stick and break all your bones
Leave! Now! Leave me alone with
5. Reasons For Alienation
Christine was at a primitive and immature age
of late teens to early twenties when she got
married and had a baby. Clearly she was not
ready to take the a the title “Wife” or “Mother”.
This lead lead to self alienation from family/
also reasons why family + society alienates
her, because of childish behaviors.
Illness from labor and escalating depression
caused by unwanted responsibilities thrusted
upon her.