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In Circus in Town by Sinclair Ross, an eleven-year-old girl called

Jenny is the main character. Jenny is more clever than other girls her

age even though her family cannot provide a good education. She is too

pure to be critical of other’s faults. When reality fails her, she realizes

her dream through an act of imagination. Jenny overcomes her problems

by means of three aspects of her character –purity, intelligence, and

optimism.

Through her intelligence, Jenny rises above her disappointment. Her

mother considers Jenny to be a country girl who will live her life on the

farm. “Nothing ahead of her but chickens and cows! Another ten years –

Can’t you just see the big, gawky know –nothing she’s going to be?”

(Paragraph 10) Jenny is upset that her mother does not value her learning

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