Unpeeling Oranges 🍊

                                                JUDGES 🌿 Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog for  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit  by Jeanette Winterson. Just a reminder! This space is where I’ll be keeping track of my thoughts, reactions, and literary observations as I read through the novel. Let’s dive in with Chapter 7:  Judges. Response #1:  My Personal Reactions This chapter really made me reflect on how much Jeanette has grown since the beginning of the novel 🌟. She is no longer just reacting to her mother’s rules and expectations. She is beginning to take ownership of her own feelings, her faith, and the choices she makes in life. It was both inspiring and heartbreaking to see her navigate this stage of growing up. There are moments when she is so brave and determined, but then...

                                                JOSHUA 🌿 Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog for  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit  by Jeanette Winterson. Just a reminder! This space is where I’ll be keeping track of my thoughts, reactions, and literary observations as I read through the novel. Let’s dive in with Chapter 6:  Joshua. Response #1:  My Personal Reactions This chapter really hit me emotionally. Jeanette is starting to see the world outside her mother’s control more clearly 🌟. She is beginning to understand that her life can be bigger than the rules she has always followed, and that her heart has room to grow 💛. I felt for her in the moments when she is learning about friendship and trust. It’s tough watching her try to connect with others while still feeling the weight of her...

                                                 DEUTERONOMY 🌿 Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog for  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit  by Jeanette Winterson. Just a reminder! This space is where I’ll be keeping track of my thoughts, reactions, and literary observations as I read through the novel. Let’s dive in with Chapter 5: Deuteronomy. Response #1:  My Personal Reactions This chapter felt like a big turning point for Jeanette 🌟. Reading “Deuteronomy” made me feel her frustration and sadness 😔 but also a little excitement at how much she is growing 💛. You can tell she is starting to understand that life is not just about following the rules her mom set. It is about figuring out who she is and what she wants 🍊 I felt for her in the moments when she is trying to make sense of the church ⛪ and her feelings f...

                                                            NUMBERS 🌿 Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog for  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit  by Jeanette Winterson. Just a reminder! This space is where I’ll be keeping track of my thoughts, reactions, and literary observations as I read through the novel. Let’s dive in with Chapter 4:  Numbers. Response #1:  My Personal Reactions This chapter really hit me in the heart. Reading “Numbers” felt heavier than the others because you can tell Jeanette is starting to realize how alone she really is. 🫨The title itself makes sense, it feels like everything in her life is being counted or measured. How much faith she has, how much she sins, how often she prays. Everything’s being tracked like she can never just be . 🍊 I could feel her pain in...

  LEVITICUS 🌿 Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog for  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit  by Jeanette Winterson. Just a reminder! This space is where I’ll be keeping track of my thoughts, reactions, and literary observations as I read through the novel. Let’s dive in with Chapter 3:  Leviticus. Response #1:  My Personal Reactions As I continued reading Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit , “Leviticus” stood out to me because it dives deeper into Jeanette’s emotional and spiritual confusion. This is the part where she begins questioning what she has been taught her entire life. 🧡 It’s fascinating and honestly heartbreaking to see her try to make sense of her feelings for another girl while still clinging to the faith she’s been raised with. This chapter really got to me emotionally. Jeanette starts facing real confusion about who she is and what she believes, and it felt very personal to read. I could feel her fear and guilt as she starts to question everything he...

  EXODUS 🌿 Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog for  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit  by Jeanette Winterson. Just a reminder! This space is where I’ll be keeping track of my thoughts, reactions, and literary observations as I read through the novel. Let’s dive in with Chapter 2: Exodus. Response #1:  My Personal Reactions In Chapter 2, “Exodus,” I really started to feel Jeanette’s loneliness. 🍊 After spending so much of her life under her mother’s strict religious control, being thrown into the “outside world” feels like being dropped into another planet. 🌍 Her confusion about how to act and what is normal made me feel so bad for her. She doesn’t understand why her classmates treat her differently or why they don’t see the world the same way she does. What struck me most is that Jeanette is still just a kid, innocent, hopeful, and wanting to belong, but she’s been raised to see everything through the narrow lens of her mother’s beliefs. 🙏 I could also relate ...