Chapter Sixteen

In this chapter, the nineteenth, Ursula Riggs drives to Manhattan to see a modern dance with her mum and her little sister Lisa. In the past she never wanted to come with them, but since she’s changed her mind, she’s nice and comes with them to please her sister.

At the beginning of the story line, Ursula Riggs, especially Ugly Girl wasn’t a pleasant person. She’s been very unpleasant. She was egoistic and didn’t like to do something with other people. She was a loner and liked that. She knew that she’s stronger than all the girls and also than most of the boys. She really was nice never.

But now everything is different. Ursula Riggs and also Ugly Girl are/is very nice. Now I think that I could like her because she’s still self-confident, intelligent, but not this kind of arrogant anymore. From my point of view she also has a really good sense of rightness and morality.

She is against that kind of attitude the Brewer twins have. She doesn’t like that the family and the church of the reverend is so extremely backward. She’s not against abortion, ethnic minorities, blacks and sex education in schools.

I like her because I share her position to modernity and ethics. She’s a real individual and not such a fellow-traveler or opportunist. In our modern society many students can only exist in a group, they are too dependent.