Student Question
What is the description of Dorothy in the book Wringer?
Quick answer:
Dorothy is portrayed as not conventionally pretty and somewhat different, leading to harassment from her peers. Despite this, she forms a friendship with Palmer, although he eventually succumbs to peer pressure and joins in the bullying. Dorothy's outsider status gives her deeper insight into her harassers' characters and helps her develop inner strength that her peers lack. Ultimately, Palmer apologizes, and Dorothy forgives him, showing her resilience and capacity for forgiveness.
Dorothy is described as not being particularly pretty, and a little different, and thanks to this she endures constant harassment from her classmates and other children in the neighborhood.
She begins to form a friendship with Palmer, but eventually he gives in to the pressure of his "gang" and begins to join in the harassment, sacrificing their friendship. Later on Palmer apologizes profusely and she accepts him back.
But her differences make her an outsider and as such, she also gains somewhat of a greater insight into the character of those who harass her and she builds some inner strength that many of her peers don't have.
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