What was unattractive about Juliets life?
To Juliet, many things. But she dealt with these things by ignoring them, or by flights of fancy to take her away from ugly reality. The most obviously painful thing for Juliet was the constant threat of separation from her family and their world. So Juliet did not find the material aspects of her life unattractive, just some of the emotional ones. Juliet came to feel very threatened by anything which was destabilizing, and she was decidedly hostile to people who threatened to break up the ideal vision of family to which she clung so desperately. This included Bill Perry, of course, and her mother, eventually, though we see a reconciliation in the end. Juliet seemed to have no particular feelings toward her brother; he was a pesky annoyance, as younger brothers can be. To Pauline, there was nothing unattractive about Juliet’s life. Pauline empathized with Juliet concerning the things which upset the smooth flow of life in the Hulme household, but just look at her eyes whenever she was
To Juliet, many things. But she dealt with these things by ignoring them, or by flights of fancy to take her away from ugly reality. The most obviously painful thing for Juliet was the constant threat of separation from her family and their world. So Juliet did not find the material aspects of her life unattractive, just some of the emotional ones. Juliet came to feel very threatened by anything which was destabilizing, and she was decidedly hostile to people who threatened to break up the ideal vision of family to which she clung so desperately. This included Bill Perry, of course, and her mother, eventually, though we see a reconciliation in the end. Juliet seemed to have no particular feelings toward her brother; he was a pesky annoyance, as younger brothers can be. To Pauline, there was nothing unattractive about Juliet’s life. Pauline empathized with Juliet concerning the things which upset the smooth flow of life in the Hulme household, but just look at her eyes whenever she was
