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[quote=Anonymous]I actually find Rory's evolution throughout the series very interesting even though I dislike her as a character. When we are first introduced to the Gilmore Girls, we see Lorelei as the rebellious single mom who escaped from the clutches of her parent's, in her opinion, restrictive and suffocating world. She was an angry, super privileged, hormonal teenager with a wild streak and their conservative social norms did not sit well with her. So, she in all her privilege is naive enough to think the world is better out there than the comfortable confined of her parents home and she literally runs away with a newborn. By some random stroke of luck, she is very very fortunate to happen upon a kindly lady who takes pity on the foolish headstrong teenager and takes her in.

Lorelai now, kind of realizes that the real world, without access and privilege is actually kind of hard and tough. She works her butt off as a maid while raising her baby as she lives in a shed. Somewhere along the way she realizes that actually she was probably stupid to walk away from many opportunities that her parents afforded her that weren't so bad. She is too stubborn and foolish to go back but she decides to help Rpry get back everything that she gave up. Rory will not be a wild kid, Rory will be good at academics, Rory will hang out with wholesome, well mannered kids, Rory will go to an elite private school. Rory will get to see Europe and travel the world.

So basically, when we meet Lorelei and Rory, we see them in a phase of their life where Lorelei is trying to give Rory everything she missed out on by running away. She still dislikes the snobbery that is prevalent in her parents world but she is old enough to realize their emphasis on education, manners and cultivation of character isn't stupid and tries to expose Rory to that.She actively works to surround Rory with rich snobby people by putting her at Chilton and she appears, at various points in the series, wistful of the opportunities she missed out on. I'm not also entirely convinced she "hates" her parents and their world. She was just never someone who fit in so as a self defense mechanism she rails against it all to make herself feel better. They say she isn't good enough and she tells herself she is actually awesome but they're the stuck up evil rich people!

I think we, as viewers expected Rory to be a carbon copy of Lorelei because they are both pretty young women with some superficial similar habits. Meanwhile, the evidence is always there that even though Rory has heard her mom go on rants about how evil or awful her parents and rich people are, Rory never actually thinks its that bad. Lorelei is afraid of and intimidated by her father, Rory takes a liking to him instantly. Rory finds her Mom prudish and outdated, Rory finds Emily charming and maternal. Lorelei thinks cotillion is stupid Rory wants to be a deb. They BOTH find rich, snobby, well connected men attractive, see Christopher and Lorelei.

Despite the fact that both these men treated them poorly, the Gilmore Girls couldn't help but keep.going.back to them.

Meanwhile, by the time Rory enters Yale...her experiences at Chilton, being a debutante, her grandparents influence makes it so...she has more in common with super privileged Yalies than with anyone in Stars Hallow!

Rory knows this too, hence why she tries very hard to fit in and be accepted into Logan's world. The only person in denial about Rory's privilege is her mom who perhaps resents her daughter in some ways for so seamlessly fitting into the world that spat her out.

Rory acts like an annoying spoiled brat because she IS one! Don't be fooled by the cheap Luke's coffee she buys  because as she tells the Huntzbergers, she's a Gilmore![/quote]

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