Ellen Foster

Alan Foster "When I am young, I will find a way to kill my father" [P.1], 11-year-old Allen said. As a result, a young narrator started a story of life and drew self-portraits extraordinarily in the process. "Alan Foster" is a powerful story about a young girl who grew up in a heavy world. Just as people read the work proposed by Kaye Gibbons, chills fell from behind. The main character Allen is confronted with a difficult life to deal with an endless loss and includes her parents and grandmother.

Ellen Foster (1987) is the first novel by American writer Kei Gibbons. The novel tells the ten stories of Allen Foster and her challenging childhood story. This novel was inspired by the authors' own experiences raised in 4 rural farmers in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina. Allen is a white girl who lives in the southern countryside from the mid-1970s to the latter half. Allen speaks her story with a grammatically incorrect language with a young girl who is less educated. She is the only child that grew up in a challenging environment. Her father was insulted drunk. Allen wishes there is a way to regain her father from her life. She even imagines the way he might kill him. Her mother is suffering from a heart disease, and Allen must protect her mother from her husband's abuse.

Ellen Foster, a character of Kay Gibbons' novel 'Ellen Foster', is a way to work hard in order to find it in the world. A young girl Allen was robbed of her normal childhood. Her childhood life was very difficult both physically and mentally. When she was young, she had no mother or father taking care of her. As she was not used to anything else, Allen was able to accept her usual severe childhood by stopping her problem. Any ordinary child will suffer mentally, but Allen develops power through her obstacles.

Gibbons' first novel, Alan Foster, is actually a poem written from the point of view of an African-American girl (this girl will eventually become a best friend star of the novel Allen). After announcing poetry to Louis Rubin, professor of southern literature at the University of North Carolina, Gibbons was encouraged to enrich the work. It evolved from Gibbons's own childhood to a novel with much details. The novel is from the perspective of a 10 year old Allen and he quickly discovered that childhood of the narrator was not so idyllic: the line set the tone for the entire novel; Allen I currently live in the house of her foster's house, but she has to grow too soon. She is much smarter than most 10 - year - old girls, and this maturation comes from what she has seen so far.