Compare and contrast the characters of Vanessa and Lila in Careful, He Might Hear You.

Summer Locke Elliott sets up two contrasting figures in Vanessa and Lila in his novel, Careful, He Might Hear You. This drives the conflicts in the novel. Vanessa believes herself superior and wants PS for selfish reasons, while Lila, as a working class woman, just wants to love him. However, they also share many similarities, which are not obvious at first glance.
There are many differences between Vanessa and Lila. Vanessa is beautiful, as people used to say, gVanessa got the looksh, while Lila only has a few good qualities, as people used to say gLila got Georgeh, who is nothing important. As Vanessa is beautiful and has money, she has a sense of superiority over her family. Lila, however, is in working class and is poor, weal and emotional. Vanessa is strong and ahs confident about herself. She tries to gcontrolh Lila. She also tries to treat PS as an adult, and insists on PSfs behavior as she wants; for his education and to make him face the reality. Whereas Lila tr...