... personality. In the end it will be clear to what extent her visual ability was so special and why she became so precious and important to Vermeer and his paintings. When Griet is at her family house chopping vegetables and placing them in strick order on the plate, the reader is for ... vegetables out in a circle, each with its own section like a slice of pie. There were five slices: red cabbage, onions, leeks, carrots and turnips."" page 5) Vermeer, the towns most famoust painter, came to take a look at his further house maid when he sees the slices put in order. The first conversation ...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... century Holland with her parents and younger sister, Angus. Griet was believed to be situated near the Rotterdam Gate in Delft. A wealthy couple Jan and Catharina Vermeer approach Greit once in the novel. Griet who at the start of the novel is a quiet and mature but at the same time is an innocent human ... being. With the transfer of homes to start a new job to keep the money coming in for her money-starved family to the Vermeer's located in Papists Corner, Griet slowly becomes more strong and less vulnerable as well as learn a few lesions along the way. Griet is confronted by the ... ...

• Word Count: 457
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... of the women in this novel treats Griet differently, so she reacts differently to them. She does what she has to do in order to survive in the Vermeer household, and in the process she learns a lot about living. In the book, Girl With a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier, Griet enters into many new ... , she knows right away where the comb is and sure enough she finds it in her trunk with her own comb gone. So Griet comes forward to Johannes Vermeer and stands up for herself. She confronts him and says, "Sir, I need your help" (147). Cornelia's actions teach Griet that she has to be ... ...

• Word Count: 805
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Tracy Chevalier, is a novel that follows the life-changing experiences of sixteen-year-old Griet, particularly accentuated over the two years of her serving as a maid for the Delft painter Vermeer. While Griet lives apart from her family, she struggles to deal with reality, yearnings of love and an escape from poverty. Not her desire but marrying Pieter the son is ... fooling herself in her own fantasy world. A maid, being madly in love with her master was strictly unacceptable and unrealistic at that period of time. Griet is in love with Vermeer, however her being aware of the social c...

• Word Count: 264
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... before, but everyone noticed how careless I was now". She didn't lie, however she learnt that the best thing to do was hide the truth from Catharina, including her relationship with Vermeer (working with him in the studio etc). She learnt to dissemble in order to better cope in the house, however there where still times when she did lie. When first ... meeting the Vermeer's she lied to Johannes about taking a lot of time separating vegetables, not wanting him to think she was idle, however she made it apparent this was not normal behavior "I did ... ...

• Word Count: 860
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... the story progresses the embrace of Pieter by Griet's family, expressed their desperation and need for their daughter to have a secure future. The Vermeer's standard of living was more exquisite and existed more toward the upper class. Johannes Vermeer's paintings were the main source of income for a family of nine; five children, two mistresses and two servants with more expected. Money was ... ...

• Word Count: 621
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate