Daddy Long-Legs is a thrilling masterpiece

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DADDY LONG-LEGS IS A THRILLING MASTERPIECE

Nurgaliyeva Aigerim Alibekkyzy

Scientific adviser: Nasimullina Aigul Bisembayevna

M.Utemisov West Kazakhstan State University

Oral, Kazakhstan

aiko_nurgalieva_00@mail.ru

Abstract: The research material of this work was the novel Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster. This novel is great because it was written in an unusual form and is a letter from a college student, created in the epistolary genre. The analyzed block of letters covers two years of the heroine's life, and those letters were selected for the study, the final blocks of which are a bright example of deviation from etiquette norms.

Key words: masterpiece, orphan, trustee, freshman, self-education, asylum, cast-off clothes, miserable life, instructor, author, educated, love letter.

Alice Jane Chandler Webster, perhaps better known under her pseudonym Jean Webster. She was the eldest child of Annie Moffet Webster and Charles Luther Webster, and spent her early childhood in a strongly matriarchal and activist setting. Webster herself remained a lifelong supporter of women’s suffrage and children’s institutional reform. Alice's mother was niece to Mark Twain, and her father was Twain's business manager and subsequently publisher of many of his books.

I have read the book “Daddy Long-Legs” by Jean Webster. We were given the task to read the book by our English teacher. The amazing style of the story in the form of letters and diary entries distinguishes this prose from the usual literary forms. An orphan raised in an orphanage has not lost faith in goodness and luck. Gifted by nature, she set a goal to become a writer and achieved this goal. When I read this glorious story, I payed attention to how Judy studied, mostly it was self-education. She read and read and read. This book belongs to the list of books that we need to know. The story has worldwide fame. Films were made and performances staged, including the most famous play on Broadway. Next, I want to share with you more about the plot of the book. [1]

The story begins with the fact that one of the trustees who came to the orphanage wanted to send Jerusha to college. On the strength of that impertinent paper, he has offered to send Judy to college. Her board and tuition will be paid directly to the college, and Judy will receive in addition during the four years she is there, an allowance of thirty-five dollars a month. The money will be sent to her by the gentleman’s private secretary once a month, and in return, she will write a letter of acknowledgment once a month.

She loved college and she loved her daddy for sending her — she was very, very happy, and so excited every moment of the time that she could scarcely sleep. Her room was up in a tower that used to be the contagious ward before they built the new infirmary. Judy didn't know the basic education that everyone knows. For example, she never heard of Michael Angelo. Judy thought he was an archangel, and the whole class laughed. She thought that he sounds like an archangel. She was unfamiliar with the ordinary life. To us, we are familiar, therefore she got into funny situations. One of this situation was on the first day. When somebody mentioned Maurice Maeterlinck, and Judy asked if she was a Freshman. That joke has gone all over college. [2]

In conclusion, I want to say about my impression of the book. First of all, I am very obliged to the author for such a masterpiece. When reading the novel, we can guess that the author is an American writer. Because the novel uses American English words. I also like the style of writing a novel - in the form of letters. The language of the novel is easy to understand. Also, the plot of the work is very interesting and exciting. When you read the beginning of the novel, it's like you're hooked, because every part of the novel is compelling. While reading the book, we enlarged our vocabulary. The author used words, expressions and phrases that we will need when speaking. I think the main idea of the novel is to accept your fate. Because the God ordains our destiny for us. We can't change it. No matter how hard your fate is, you need to be strong. We are tested by different situations. For example, in this novel Judy is an orphan. But despite this, she is very kind, responsive, responsible and hardworking. Nowadays there are many people who will break down at any difficulty of life.

I`m very obliged to our English teacher Aigul Bisembayevna for recommending to read this book. Because we enlarged our vocabulary and our horizons in life. And I want to finish my composition with a quote from the book “Daddy Long-Legs” with the word Judy: “If you want to achieve something, and you don`t give up, then in the end everything will work out”.

References

1. Jean Webster. Daddy Long-Legs / New York. The Century CO. M - 1916. 322 p.

2. Arakin V.D., Selyanina L.I., Kucenko A.V. Prakticheski kurs angliskogo yazika 2 kurs / M - Vlados, 2005. 516 p.

Материалом исследования данной работы послужил роман Джейн Уэбстер «Длинноногий Дядюшка» (Daddy Long-Legs). Данный роман особенно интересен тем, что написан в необычной форме и представляет собой письма ученицы колледжа, т. е. создан в эпистолярном жанре. Анализируемый блок писем охватывает два года из жизни героини, причем для исследования выбраны те письма, заключительные блоки которых являются ярким примером отступления от этикетных норм.

Ключевые слова: шедевр, сирота, опекун, первокурсник, самообразование, приют, брошенная одежда, несчастная жизнь, учитель, автор, образованный, любовное письмо.