Her First Ball: An Important Idea: Isolation.

Leila attends function where she feels socially out of place
She faces the challenge of not being overwhelmed by the event: This ball being so different to her experience of learning to dance with other girls at boarding school.
Reader can clearly see this with the contrast between Leila and her cousins.
The determination to get something positive out of a night that has been so disastrous and not just ‘give up’- this is an important idea for teenagers to learn from.
Leila attends function where she feels socially out of place
She faces the challenge of not being overwhelmed by the event: This ball being so different to her experience of learning to dance with girls at the boarding school
Reader can clearly see this with the contrast that is established between her home life and that of her cousins.
The determination to get something positive out of a night that has been so disastrous and not just ‘give up’- this is an important idea for teenagers to learn from.

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	Created by KatRichardson almost 11 years ago