#400 St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolfs- Karen
Russell
The title says it all here doesn’t it? A group of feral
girls, birthed by werewolf parents, are in St. Lucy’s, a halfway house turning
wild creatures into productive humans.
Symbolism and metaphors abound in this one. It could
be children being dropped off at boarding schools when they are young, it could
be culture to culture adjusting, it could mean prisoners of war. Depending on
what you tale from this, the tone changes. If it’s a harsh reality of a rite-of-passage thing, then that’s one thing. However if it is taken as one
culture forcing assimilation of another, then the following lines are tragic:
“We couldn’t make our scent stick here; it made us feel
invisible. Eventually we gave up.”
“The pack hated Jeanette. She was the most successful of us,
the one furthest removed from her origins.”
Either case, this is a strong allegory, nice work.
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