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which she thinks different and also her struggles to get a man to be married, which has no re
sult at all, while her age running. Her surrounding which seem so “normal” not happened to her. She is frustrated about her condition. She wants to end her
suffer, and then she decides to commit suicide. She thinks that by ending her life, the world will be better without her and she will not feel ashamed, afraid, and worry
about her single status, her overweight body and her curly hair. She thinks that by commiting suicide she can find happiness because she will be free from her
problems and suffers Wirdhoningrum, 2006: 59. Next study is from New York Times Community. Lassie says that set in
New York pre-sex in the city days, when middle class people could afford to live there. Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York was a favorite novel back in
the 70’s by Gail Parent. Sheila that is living in New York should afford to face the
reality of the life in New York. She is a Jewish girl who looks for a husband and a happines in her life. But the reality she should stuggle her life to be accepted in the
society. Because of her life is hard then she gives up and decides to kill herself http:community.nytimes.com
. Another criticism is written by A. Lively. According to Lively, Sheila
Levine hates her life. She hates being unmarried, unattractive and overweight Jewish woman living in New York City. She suffers from having a controlling
mother, no real friends and alone in the city that never sleeps. The answer of Sheila’s misery is to commit suicide. Before she commits suicide, she writes a note
to all people that have caused her pain. Sheila also wants everyones know that she
commits suicide
because she
is unmarried
woman http:www.amazon.comSheila-Levine-Dead-Living-Yorkdp1585674710
. Last criticism is written by O’neil. According to O’neil, some hereditary
factors that contribute to personality development do so as a result of interactions with the particular social environment in which people live. For instance, your
genetically inherited physical and mental capabilities have an impact on how others see you and, subsequently, how you see yourself. If you have poor motor skills that
prevent you from throwing a ball straight and if you regularly get bad grades in school, you will very likely be labeled by your teachers, friends, and relatives as
someone who is inadequate or a failure to some degree. This can become a self- fulfilling prophesy as you increasingly perceive yourself in this way and become
more pessimistic
about your
capabilities and
your future
http:anthro.palomar.edusocialsoc_3.htm .
However, this study attemps to develop something new and different from the other studies. This study focuses on the topic of the impac
t of New York’s lifestyle on
the character of Sheila Levine in Gail Parent’s Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York.
In this study, the reader can see the changes of Sheila’s character after she moves to New York city. Then, in this study, the reader can see
the lifestyle which exists in New York. Before she moves to New York,
Sheila’s mind is always set by her mother’s idea about marriage. Her mother always says that marriage is important for woman
but that kind of mind set changes when Sheila moves to New York. In New York,
she finds that woman can do everything they want. They can choose what kind of job they want and they have rights to choose their interest.