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Sister Imelda

Jordan McKinney Josh Saffron Maria Houser Sarah Clark. Sister Imelda. Edna O’Brien (b . December 15th, 1930). Born in Tuamgraney , County Clare, Ireland I nspired to write by T.S . Eliot Much of her writing deals with women Won many awards. Setting.

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Sister Imelda

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  1. Jordan McKinney Josh Saffron Maria Houser Sarah Clark Sister Imelda

  2. Edna O’Brien (b. December 15th, 1930) • Born in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland • Inspired to write by T.S. Eliot • Much of her writing deals with women • Won many awards

  3. Setting • Convent school in Dublin, Ireland in the 1940s • These schools were created to educate girls in a religious environment • Lived there throughout the school year • Upon graduation, they would have the option of joining the religious order as nuns

  4. O’Brien and “Sister Imelda” • O’Brien attended a convent school when she was growing up • She often focuses on internal feelings and how women get along with society Convent Of Mercy Loughrea

  5. Typical Catholic Convent School

  6. Main Characters • Sister Imelda- Young nun, teacher in the convent; spent four years at the university in Dublin and came back to the convent; mysterious about passed • Narrator- teenage girl; student in the convent • Baba- student in the convent; narrator’s best friend • Mother Superior- director of the convent

  7. Summary • Narrator is teenage girl in a convent school • Falls in love with her teacher, a young nun named Sister Imelda • Hidden affection because of Sister Imelda’s devotion to God • Sister Imelda urges narrator to become a nun

  8. Connections to Our Lives • Favorite teacher • School (decision making) • Indecisiveness on life choices • Friends influence decisions • Rumors and gossip

  9. What makes this story good? • Relatable • Style of writing is easy to read • Not girly, passionate

  10. Works Cited O'Brien, Edna. "Sister Imelda." A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories of Edna O'Brien. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984. Print.

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