First and foremost, one of the most important reasons that this short story is an allegory about the pressures children face as they grow up, and what they lose, as a result, is when the pack starts to become jealous of one another. The sisters were correcting Mirabella for her bad behavior when Sister Maria de la Guardia said ‘Why can’t you be more like you sister Jeanette?’ The pack hated Jeanette. She was the most successful of us, the one furthest removed from her origins" (Russell 232). This quote proves, that the girls are facing jealousy as they grow up, because, they all hate Jeanette for being the most successful out …show more content…
The ball had just started and Kyle and Claudette were chatting when Kyle said. ‘You smell astoooounding!’... ‘I didn’t smell astounding. I had rubbed a pumpkin muffin all over my body earlier that morning to mask my natural, feral scent. Now I smelled like a purebred girl” (Russell 243). This passage proves, that Claudette undergoes wanting to fit in as she grows up because she rubbed a pumpkin muffin all over her body to smell more like a purebred girl, rather than her natural feral scent. In addition, since Claudette rubbed the pumpkin muffin over herself to smell more like a purebred girl, proves that she was trying to impress the wolf brothers, her pack, and the nuns. As a result, this will cause Claudette to lose all of her natural born features that make Claudette herself. All in all, Claudette undergoes wanting to fit in as grows up which will result in her losing her natural born features and unique characteristics that make Claudette