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Had he just asked me out? Yes, I thought that’s exactly what had just happened. He was asking me out He was asking me out.
Christian Collinsworth was asking me on a date – a Saturday night date, to be spesific, and to Babbo, where he just so
happened to have a prime time reservation with a group of smart, interesting people, people just like him. Never even mind
the New Yorker writers I racked my brain, trying to remember if I’d mentioned to him at the party that Babbo was the
restaurant I most wanted to try in New York, that I loved Italian and knew how much Miranda loved it and I was dying to go.
Weisberger, 2003 : 159-160
All of her social stratification make her build up her ownself. Her life style looks like higher class. She realizes that her imagine to change her life can be
happened. She tries to enjoy for that happily and also proud of herself. She gets position easyly because she wants to work hard, thus, influence social stratification
run well to reach her lifestyle without having difficult problem, but in certain time she loses friends and boy friends. On the other side, all of her time spent for her
working.
4.1.2 Andrea’s struggle reaching for higher position
Based on her dreaming to be journalist, she has desire to do better in her writing, She is ready to face struggle of her life to get her ambition. First, she has
interviewed before meeting Miranda as her leader, then she feels something strange when she gets interview because Emily as interviewer said to Andrea, that she is
lucky because Miranda as a Boos is not on her place It is shown by these words in the novel.
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“ Hey, welcome,” she muttered, giving me my first official up- downlooked overby someone other than the security
guard.’’Nice boots.’’
My heart surged.Was she serious ? or sarcastic ? Her tone madeit impossible to tell. May arches ached already and my
toeswere jammed up againts the front, but if I’d actually beencomplimented on an item of my outfit by a runway-er, it
might beworth the pain.
Emily looked at me a moment longer and thenswung her legs off the table, sighing dramatically, “well, let’s getto it. It’s really
lucky for you that she’s not here,” she said. “not that she’s not great, of course, because she is,” she added in what i wouldsoon
recognize. Weisberger, 2003 : 41
It is so lucky to her according to Emily as an asistence , because when she enters to her office their boos is out, and on the other side Andrea is so worry and
nervous for her first day reaching to the new office by wearing her own style. Emily gives her information about situation and condition in the office , especially her Boos
Miranda who took place short time in doing everything and also listening by making note what her instruction such as Emily shown as her new sample for Andrea’s duty.
“Well , it looks like you like you have your first job. Mirandaneeds a skirt for tomorrow, among other things, so
we’ll need to get iton a plane by tonight, at the latest.” Weisberger, 2003 : 46
Andrea tries to understand what Emily has spoken. She tries to explain for everything clearly until Andrea really understand her duty in her working. Emily
improves her working so fast and giving information of Miranda’s characters and attitude in her life style. Emily said that Miranda always gives instruction without
thinking that they had done work or not. She has many schedules for a day and she asks her assistents what she likes and she always hopes that her assistents ready with
perfect performance.
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When the first time Andrea meets her , She feels worry because she looks her so very busy woman carrer and stilylist . She looks Miranda full of instructions to
Emily, at last Andrea gets turn to do what Miranda has been asking to Emily because Emily can not be done all of the works.Andrea prepares her time for all her
works, until she gets instruction to care Miranda’s daughters . Miranda can not do her daughters tasks from their school that they must to find a book. Miranda asks
Andrea to find the book but nothing to find in the bookstore. She tries to find way how to gets the book and working well while she must do another works, at the same
time, she must come to a party as her working from Miranda .She meets someone Christian Collinsworth in a party , He is the writer of the book what Miranda’s
daughters need. Unconsiously she feels lucky because what she is looking for and efford to find the book, she got it well what she needs. Automatically, Andrea gets
many chances to solve her problems to find the book for Miranda’s daughters. By this instruction Andrea shows that she does struggle well. Certainly, Miranda so very
appreciate it her working because rhere is no any problem for her daughters. She asks her to come to her house to send the book. After the work is over she feels
satisfiedbut it is not untill here. She must do her heavy job to change her position as Emily to Paris because Emily is sick. Actually, She does not has duty to go to Paris.,
because of Emily gets accident, she should change that position. She is very unhappy to go there with Miranda. On the other, her mother asks her to come and
join with her family because her brother Andy gets a new baby. Her mother asks her to see her new nephew but she can not be done . She must do her job well. By giving
good reason to her mother.
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...Dad and I both understand how demanding your job is – “but don’t you want to see your nephew? He’s a few months old
already and you haven’t even met him yet”
“Mom Don’t make me feel guilty. I’m dying to see Isaac, but you know I can’t just”
“You know Dad and I will pray for your ticket to Houston, right?”
“Yes You’ve told me four hundred times. I know it and I appreciate it, but it’s not the money. I can’t get any time offwork
and now with Emily out, I can’t just up and leave – even on weekends. Does it make sense to you to fly across the country
only to have to come back if Miranda calls me on Saturday morning to pick up her dry cleaning? Does it?.”
Weisberger, 2003 : 326
It is so heavy desicionto do it but Andrea does it, because of her responsibility in her working. Moreover, how theway Andrea to face her struggle of her working is
too clearly. She successes to do her struggle of her life in her working. Miranda as her leader realized that she did well her struggle working to be a good worker and
unconsiouslyher style life is changing perfectly by getting support from her friends in her office, especially from Nigel. He tries to change her to be come what Miranda
wants. He teaches her how to dress well into high style woman class. He gives support, motivation and fitting some dress which is suitable with her. He reminds
her that performance is very important in their company, especially to be Miranda’s assistant. Then, he corrects her style and ways how she wears dress.
“Knee-high boots? With a knee-length skirt? Are you kidding me? Baby girl, in case you are unaware – in case you missed the
big, black sign by the door – this is Runway magazine, the fucking hippest magazine on earth. On earth But no worries
honey, Nigel will get rid of that jersey mall – rat look you’ve got going soon enough.” Weisberger, 2003 : 58
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By giving comment he puts his hands to her hips and then he is looking to her legs and tush.
“Soon enough sweetie, I promise you, because you’re good raw material. Nice legs, great hair, and not fat. I can work with no
fat. Soon enough sweetie.” Weisberger, 2003 : 58
Anyway, Andrea always keeps her struggle of working in reaching her higher class, although she knows it is not easy to do but she never give up such as
when she has communication in the phone with a client. She gets bad words about her Boss but she feels cooling down. She fights with her heart to handle or face it
well. She does not influence what everybody said. “Hi, is that Emily?” asked a lisping, stuttering voice on the other
end. “No, it’s Andrea. I’m Miranda’s new assistant,” I said, even
though I’d already introduced myself to a thousand curios callers.
“Ah, Miranda’s new assistant,” the strange female voice roared. “Aren’t you the luckiest girl in the world How are you finding
your tenure with supreme evil thus far?” Weisberger, 2003 : 212
All of her struggle she does well without having negative thinking with her Boss, especially when her Boss asking to do some instructions for her working. She
reaches her ambition with full of struggles and She has good position as a higher woman naturaly.
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4.1.3 Struggle to make Andrea keeping fight well
