Characters, Language and Physical Characteristics in I Never Promised Y

Characters, Language and Physical Characteristics in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden   Ã‚  Ã‚   A past of discomfort and sorrow, loneliness and pain shadowed an innocent girl with so much potential. She lay broken under the weight of her own secret longing, while no one seemed to care. Then, through a thick veil of anguish, Deborah noticed an unfamiliar, yet inviting light sprouting from within herself. Through the open door of this needed world Deborah ventured, drowning in her own relief. The Kingdom of Yr, Deborah's imaginary world, was so intricately created in the darkest corners of her mind that it became real to her. As time passed and Deborah became more desperate for belonging, Yr's bliss was all she lived for.      The combination of the delicacy and complexity of the imaginary world's complications, characters, fear, love and senses creates an inclination of Yr's reality within the reader. The secret world of Yr, which was introduced in the book I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1964) by Hannah Green, deserves much consideration and attention. Its sophisticated structure makes even the most sane of human beings question their own perception of reality. The author brought the reality of Yr to life through three distinguished elements: characters, language and physical characteristics. Keep in mind, the very essence of reality is what one makes of it.      Yr portrayed several characters who harbored realistic characteristics. Although most of the characters were considered gods, Deborah was able to see, befriend and interact with them as if they were real companions. Anterrabae, the Falling God, was characterized by his hair of fire and endless decent through the dark midst of Yr. He... ... perfection or complete bliss, but a world of acceptance; she belonged to Yr. No matter how hard life became for Deborah, her boundless longing for acceptance was filled. Reality cannot be accurately described, because it is different for everyone. Deborah's desire to belong somewhere was enough to create her own world. For most "sane" beings of Earth, peace must stem from the satisfaction of believing the accepted thought that our world, Earth, is the only reality. Perhaps it is the "insane" who completely understand the essence of real life. They are not afraid to venture beyond the burning boundaries of truth to discover for themselves their personal reality. One can speculate that reality is precisely what one makes of it.    Works Cited    Green, Hannah. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.