Orphan Train By Christina Baker Kline - 1301 Words

Ferratt 1 Cole Ferratt Mrs. Montgomery Honors Humanities: period 2 5 September 2017 Orphan Train Essay Rough Draft Christina Baker Kline’s novel Orphan Train follows the the paths of two very similar women who are separated only by age. One of the main characters, Molly Ayer, is a seventeen-year-old high school student who has been assigned to yet another unwanted foster home. After attempting to steal a book from the local library, Molly has to help an elderly woman clean out her attic to avoid having to go to juvenile detention. The elderly woman, Vivian Daly, is the other protagonist in the story and has a past that is very similar to Molly’s. Vivian, known as Niamh Power when she was young, immigrated to America with her family from†¦show more content†¦After being reunited with Dutchy, Vivian once again has a person who understands and cares about her past and her future. â€Å"‘I can’t believe I found you,’ he tells me over and over, and I can’t believe it either. It’s as if a piece of my past has come to life, and with it all the feelings I fought to keep down--my grief at losing so much, at having no one to tell, at keeping so much hidden. Dutchy was there. He knows who I was. I don’t have to pretend† (Kline 238). Soon after Vivian and Duchy are married, Dutchy is recruited to join the military and fight in World War 2. After Dutchy leaves to start his training, Vivian returns to not acknowledging her feelings as much as she should. Instead she’s more involved in Dutchy’s feelings and well being than her own. You can tell by the way she writes letters to him that all she cares about is him coming home safely. â€Å"I puzzle over the onion-skin, trying to spill my heart onto the page. But I can only come up with the same words, in the same order, and hope the depth of feeling beneath them gives them weight and substance. I love you. I miss you. Be careful. Be safe† (Kline 243). Unfortunately, later on in the story Vivian receives the news that Dutchy was killed in a plane crash and that she would never see him again. After hearing this news,Show MoreRelatedThe Orphan Train By Christina Baker Kline1890 Words   |  8 PagesEdmond Loga EN-102 Prof. Red-Waldeyer May 7th, 2015 â€Å"Orphan Train† â€Å"Orphan Train† is a gripping story of second chance and companionships from author Christina Baker Kline. A life of loneliness and hardships bring a distressed seventeen year old girl, Molly Ayer, looking for acceptance in the world she can’t seem to escape and a ninety-one year old woman, Vivian. With a secret past that they have both yet to discover, they have more in common than just organizing the attic. Molly is on probationRead MoreOrphan Train : A Historical Fiction Novel Written By Christina Baker Kline1120 Words   |  5 Pages Orphan Train, a historical fiction novel written by Christina Baker Kline, focuses on the lives of two very different people that have very similar backgrounds. Along with writing and editing many novels, Kline has taught multiple literature-based classes, such as poetry and non-fiction writing. Out of all of her fiction pieces, Orphan Train is the first of which that is based off of historic events and the real stories her mothe r-in-laws’ father told. Kline is very active in organizations thatRead MoreRelationship Between Vivian And Molly1125 Words   |  5 Pagesto be made clear. By the time all is uncovered, the likenesses shared between Vivian and Molly far outweigh any disparities. In examining the relationship between Vivian and Molly, a perfect balance is struck in Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. In Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline weaves a strong friendship between two characters, Vivian and Molly, despite a lengthy list of differences. The most blatant contrast, and the root cause of many other differences, is age and the separate eras bothRead MoreSummary Of Molly Ayer 1010 Words   |  5 PagesMolly soon learns how closely related her and Vivian’s lives are related. Vivian and her family came from Ireland to New York in 1926 in hopes for a better future, but after a fire kills Vivian’s family she is put on an Orphan Train to Minnesota in order to find a new family. The train has 19 other children hoping for brighter futures, including a boy named Dutchy who Vivian strikes up a friendship with. Vivian is soon adopted by the Byrnes who call her Dorothy. Once the Great Depression struck though