6/24/2023 0 Comments The museum of extraordinary things![]() She becomes aware of his mistreatment of the individuals in his employment. ![]() ![]() He is a rigid and commanding person, and his “museum” is of utmost importance to him, more so than her importance is in his life. He uses her to impersonate a mermaid, in order to entice customers.Ĭoralie does become more self-confident, and realizes her father for what he is. She is eventually forced by her father to swim in the Hudson River at night, so others might perceive her to be a monster. She is more or less imprisoned in her house on Coney Island. She was born with webbed-fingers, and her father never lets her forget she is less than worthy. ![]() As the years move forward and he matures into a successful photographer, the watch proves to be a burden, an oppressor in his life.Ĭoralie is a young girl, the child of a self-proclaimed professor, who owns a museum, the Museum of Extraordinary Things. He carries the watch everywhere, and perceives it almost as if it was a good luck charm. ![]() The Museum of Extaordinary Things: A Novel, by Alice Hoffman, is filled with symbolism and analogies that she has filled the pages with.įor instance, the character Eddie steals a watch from the young son of a wealthy family who owns the factory he works in. ![]()
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