In the afterlife, Penelope is haunted by the fact that Odysseus ordered her Maids’ deaths when he returned home. She then unravels her progress each night with the help of her trusted Maids. A skilled weaver, Penelope tricks the impatient Suitors by telling them that she will not select one of them for marriage until she is finished making a shroud for her father-in-law Laertes. During Odysseus’s absence, Penelope becomes an expert at managing Odysseus’s estate independently, employing twelve of her Maids to help her spy on the Suitors who have come to beg for her hand in marriage. Chapter 8 Quotes My name is Junior, I said. After ending her marriage with James, a woodsy intellectual who favors silky kimonos too short for his knobby knees, Penelope finds herself, at forty, living with her randy mother in her childhood home. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ). Penelope Lemon is a recent divorce, closet Metallica fan, and accidental subversive to all the expectations of suburban motherhood.
Penelope gives birth to Telemachus a year before Odysseus leaves for the Trojan War. The The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian quotes below are all either spoken by Penelope or refer to Penelope.
She loves Odysseus, however, and the two often lie in bed together, telling stories. In Ithaca, Penelope finds herself with few friends. Penelope marries Odysseus at age fifteen and then returns to Ithaca with him. Penelope is insecure about her looks and her ability to attract men, often comparing herself to her cousin Helen, whom she loathes. Penelope, although not a beauty, is known for her cleverness, her devotion, and her modesty. Her simple leggings showed off her curvaceous hips as they came out of under the booth's shadow. Penelope is the daughter of King Icarius, the mother of Telemachus, Odysseus’s wife, and the first-person narrator of the majority of the novel. The 25 year old graduate student hid her small bust and wide waist of her pear-shaped figure under a BSU emblazoned sweatshirt of dark green color contrasted by bright yellow outlined in black.
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