Chapter Twelve & Thirteen

Ursula Riggs has to talk to the principal of her High School in the twelfth chapter. Her homeroom teacher had told it to her, but Ursula doesn’t understand why.

Firstly, she thinks that the principal wants to scold her because of something. In the past, she only had to go there because of her rude behavior or because she said something too sarcastic. But at this day a new era starts, the principal praises her “very maturely” and “responsibly” behavior in recent weeks (p. 91, l. 5). Now she’s got the chance to get away from that prejudice of an unfriendly warrior-woman.

Ursula really uses that chance. She answers while the talk very friendly and absolutely changes her attitude towards adults. Even when the principal asks of her opinion of the crisis and if it’s over now, she doesn’t advance her own opinion. After only confirming the principal’s opinion, she is a bit puzzled, because she wonders. In former times she never said something wrong only to be polite. That was the most important character trait of Ugly Girl and now she’s a totally different person.

The in chapter 10 mentioned change of Ursula’s character traits progresses. Now she even stops advancing her own opinion. I’m very interested if this progresses in the next chapters too.