Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girlsfocused on the hectic kinship between female parent and daughter , Lorelai and Rory Gilmore , but it also indicate Rory ’s relationship with literature and every script she reads . consort toBook Riot , the characters read and concern to just shy of 410 Book once the Netflix resurgence , A Year in the animation , came out in 2016 . But there ’s a big difference between Book and generator that were referenced , and the books Rory was seen reading .
At thebeginning ofGilmore Girls , Rorywas just 16 years older and would rather expend her time read . She said it best at her high school graduation in time of year 3 , instalment 22,“Those Are Strings , Pinocchio ” : “ I live in two humankind ; one is a humankind of ledger . ”Reading not only gave Rory a sense of peace but also take in her out of dramatic realities . Unironically , some record book Rory read paralleled her own sprightliness as a young cleaning lady on a mission to become a respected journalist . As controversial as Rory ’s ending was it ’s her love of literature that gave her the perfect close .
Seasons 1 & 2: Escapism
In the first two seasons ofGilmore Girls , Rory ’s love interestswas the issue of conversation due to her relationship with Dean Forester and cat - and - mouse flirtation with Jess Mariano . As a teenager , Rory had to figure out her feelings , but she kept putting that on the back burner and focused on indication and school assignment instead . Likewise , some of the book Rory read in these early seasons were telling of her personality and where she was at in animation at this time .
A majuscule model is in season 1 , episode 1 , " Pilot , " when Dean see Rory readMadame Bovaryby Gustave Flaubert . She was so entranced by what she was translate that she lack an accident that happen in front of her . The nod toBovaryis all-important because the Holy Scripture focuses on a young woman who live larger than she should because she was examine to escape her dull life . While Rory ’s life was anything but boring onGilmore Girls , she did read to run forth from her problems . BeforeGilmore Girlsteased Rory ’s downfall , other books she was seen blissfully reading in seasons 1 and 2 show similar parallels and comparisons .
Seasons 3 & 4: Growth & New Beginnings
season 3 and 4 ofGilmore Girlsfocused on Rory finding herself and following her heart . Instead of settle with her ex-husband - boyfriend Dean Forester , Rory chased her feelings and started go out Jess Mariano . However , their family relationship was short - lived and Jess was n’t proper for Rory until season 6 . Even more transformative , Rory graduate from high school at the end of time of year 3 , take a new world to her in season 4 whenRory went to Yale rather of Harvard .
The Word Rory was seen reading or holding onGilmore Girlsmirrored her time at Yale , a cathartic and center - chess opening experience . Rory was see readingIn Search of Lost Timeby Marcel Proust in season 3 , episode 17 , “ A Tales of Poes and Fire , ” which is relatable to Rory ’s upbringing ; a inner narrator who grew up in a wealthy area who question their home in the humankind . Even if not specifically noted , the books Rory read were telling .
Seasons 5 & 6: Rory’s Reckless Phase
Rory may have been sweet and concordant in the first four seasons ofGilmore Girls , but that changed in season 5 and 6 . Like Beverly Cleary’sA Girl from Yamhill , Rory ’s colourful childhood with a sport and quirky mom made her present intemperately to handle when she confront adversity . Outside of having an liaison with a marital ex - boyfriend , Rory made thing spoiled when she steal a yacht with , arguably , herbest boyfriend Logan Huntzberger onGilmore Girls . With her life apparently in turmoil by the end of the season , it imitated the sadness Joan Didion felt inThe Year of Magical Thinking –another book she show .
AfterRory was arrested onGilmore Girls , Rory ’s mother Lorelai did n’t recognise her daughter at the start of time of year 6 after she dropped out of college and date someone as privileged as the Gilmores . Not realizing the path she was on , Rory got a strong predilection of reality when her ex-wife - young man Jess hail back into her spirit and made her realize what she yield up to be a stay - at - dwelling married woman like her grandmother , respectfully . Before the end of theGilmore Girlsseason , Rory experience like herself again , re - enrolled in school , and continue scan her favorites while her boyfriend graduate from Yale and moved to London .
Season 7: New Beginnings & A Bright Future
Season 7 was the final time of year ofGilmore Girlsand the most important ( although arguably , time of year 7 was one ofGilmore Girls’worst season ) . While the storylines for the other characters were just as of import , all eyes were on Rory as she was on the route to graduate from Yale and entering the " literal " existence . In time of year 7 , episode 3 , " Lorelai ’s First Cotillion , " Rory was seen readingSexus : The Rosy Crucifixionby Henry Miller . This novel might be the unaired to Rory ’s life as it ’s about Miller ’s biography as a struggling author who fall in love and leave for a new city and commencement .
Like Miller , Rory graduate from Yale and started a journeying out West as a reporter for Barack Obama ’s presidential movement . Her dream of traveling and becoming a writer came true , even if her family relationship did n’t pan off out the way she visualise . The hundreds of books Rory read and lost herself in get her where she take to be at such a youthful age . Aftertwo plannedGilmore Girlsspinoffsdidn’t happen , fan finally found out what became of Rory ’s future in the revival , Gilmore Girls : A Year in the Life .
The Revival: A Shocking Twist And A Future No One Saw Coming
In 2016 , Netflix introducedA Year in the Lifewith fun cameosand the original cast . The revival came with four installment , covering all four season . Rory was now in her 30 ’s , back in Stars Hollow , and unsure where her animation was taking her now that she was out of piece of work and homeless . More importantly , Rory ’s future was n’t far off from the agonist in Leo Tolstoy’sAnna Karenina — a book she read many time throughoutGilmore Girls .
In the novel , Anna enters an affair with an officer in the ground forces that only thrives when the two are off from house . Once they go back home , lifespan is altered for the forged . A like storyline followed Rory . When her professional life shove along up in flames , the only thing going for Rory was , lamentably , an amour with Logan , who was engaged . AlthoughAnna Kareninahas been reference throughoutGilmore Girls , it was the utter leger for her to be translate by the pond in " Summer . " As always , Rory ’s passion of indication took her into another world , especially when she uttered those final four password : she was pregnant .
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