COMMENT WASHINGTON SQUARE Washington Square is a real beautiful novel, which involve you to read more and more. This novel is not the usual love story with an happy ending, but his the story of a real brave girl who decided to go against her father only for love someone, but later to give up to her father and totally break the relationship. For me is a story from which take and realize that in life is important yes love but always with friends and family around you, and family is a group of people big or little that is for who you can do or left everything only for be happy together.

WASHINGTON SQUARE BY HENRY JAMES Washington Square is a novel written by Henry James in 1881. James-s writing reflects his experience and contrast European social attitudes to those in the United State. His works often deal with class and social status versus personal freedom. An important example of this topics is Washington Square. The story is set in New York in 1840, which see Catherine Sloper in a romantic problem which lead her to choose between her father and her love. Catherine is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever. Her father Dr Austin Sloper, quite the opposite, is a successful man, fashionable, interesting, amusing and clever. The relationship between this father and daughter is a little bit difficult, Infact Catherine loves and admires her father and always tries hard to please him, but she is a great disappointment to him. In addition to this Dr Sloper does not expect any interest or excitement from Catherine. But things changed at Washington square when arrived an handsome young man Mr Morris Townsend. Immediately Catherine fall in love with Morris also thanks of her foolish aunt Lavinia. But problems start without delay when Dr Sloper find out the romantic story thinking that Mr Townsend only wont Catherine fortune. At this point Catherine start to convince her father to meet Morris for talk with him, but when this happened the idea of her father remain. Now Catherine scared by her father start to see secretly Morris who meantime was courting Catherine arrived to ask to her to marry him. But in New York in the 1840s young lades are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father-s permission, but naturally Dr Sloper is against this marriage. While Dr Sloper find out the real Mr Townsend, Lavinia convince Morris to marry immediately Catherine without her father consent. Now the only way for Dr Sloper for scared Morris is to decided that if Catherine would marry Morris she only remain with her mother money. In addition Dr Sloper decided to leave with her daughter in Europe hope that she will forget about Morris. But the two lovers don-t break up, but when Catherine returned the relationship is in trouble. Infact Morris decided to break the engagement and to leave to Philadelphia. Some years later, after the dead of Dr Sloper, Morris returned certain that Catherine would marry him, but Catherine decided to follow one of the last want of her father never marry Morris.

MY FAMILY My family is composed by 5 people: my mum, my dad, my two sisters and obviously me. Both my sisters are older then me so, I'm the youngest. My mother and my father Francesca and Remo work together like expert of as insurance . My eldest sister Licia of twenty eight years old, got married two years ago and now she's also the mother of my beautiful nephew Tommaso, and finally my middle-sister Giulia, of twenty years old, that who studies at Perugia. We are a really unified close family and we think of ourselves as best friends. I'm really close to my family especially with my two sisters. We the most of the time laugh or argue, but we really take care of each other, because we know that for all type of problem we can talk each other. My extended family is quite big but the funny thinks is that all live in different country. Some relatives live in Canada and sometimes they come to visit us. Others lives in Australia, another in Spain. My family is this an international group of people who are really important to me although we live distant.

MY HOMETOWN I live in Rome, the capital city. I quite like living here because although is a big city, all the neighbourhood have a real connection and sense of community. Rome is a real bustling city, you can find all the facilities like shops, but seeing as Rome is really big is difficult to go to places with public transport. Rome is famous for is beautiful landmarks like the Colosseum and the basilica of St Peter, but for me the real charm of Rome is in the little and the old neighbourhood. The thinks that I don't like about Rome are especially two: pollution and degradation. The first is by now really common in all the cities and also in the village. Particularly in big cities is difficult to lower uses of pollutant but for me the government but in first place citizen in future will have more attention on treat our word better. The second is important in the older neighbourhood. Infact a lot of them are in bad condition and for me is time to bring them to their beautiful again.

MY HOLIDAY I really like to go on holiday in the most beautiful European capital even if I don't do this really often. I really like this destinations because there I can found the different characterize of the different countries, but I also like this type of holiday because I can practice my English talking to people for ask some informations.When I am on holiday I really like climbing mountains. But the best activities that I like do during holiday is read books seeing a beautiful landscape, and do photos about the best mountains views and about the people that came with me for remember better that moment and for see it again at home.

ABOUT MYSELF Hello, my name is Virginia and I'm 15 years old. I live in Rome with my family that is compose by five people. My mother and my father Francesca e Remo work together like expert of insurance, my eldest sister Licia of twenty eight years got married two years ago and now she's also mother of my beautiful nephew Tommaso, and finally my middle-sister Giulia of twenty years old that study at Perugia. We are a really unified and we consider as like a group of best friend. I don't have a lot of interest and hobbies, because I am an hesitant person, but there is an hobby that I really found of Photography. I have this interest since many years, and I really enjoy do it everywhere and whenever is possible. Another interest that I have is music. I really like listen it because it's relaxing and put my mind off my problems. But unfortunately this hobbies aren't really simple to do, Infact a lot of my time is occupied by school. Differently of the must of the students I really like going to school. I go to an scientific high school. I really like in particular two subject really interest me, Science and English. I really like it because the first can help me to discovered something that we see everyday but we don't know what is in the reality and the second because I am always attract on the different culture especially the English culture. This it's me, my family, my hobbies and my students life, i know that is a normal life like the others my really joy it.

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