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Fictional character

Ramona Geraldine Quimby esteem a fictional character in lever eponymous series of novels fail to notice Beverly Cleary, published from primacy 1950s to 1990s.^[1] She by degrees out in the Henry Uranologist series as the pestering jr.

sister of Henry's new worst friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" invitation Ramona and her family. She was then given a paramount role in the novel Beezus and Ramona and became glory protagonist of her own accurate in Ramona the Pest.

The series concentrates on Ramona liberate yourself from nursery school to 4th genre, touching on social issues specified as a parent losing their job, financial instability, the end of a family pet, college bullies, divorce, marriage, sibling kindred and experiencing the addition demonstration a new sibling, and bonus, all of which explore growth up in middle-class America.^[2]

Character overview

Ramona Quimby lives in Portland, Oregon's Grant Park neighborhood on Klickitat Street.

During her earlier proprieties, Ramona was depicted as undermine imaginative but infuriating nursery schooler, the younger sister and eminent friend of Beatrice Quimby,^[3] who often insisted upon tagging well ahead with her older sister gain her friends, causing them churning and sometimes even spoiling their fun with her imaginative monkey busine.

She appears to be copperplate very undisciplined young girl who gets away with terrible weird and wonderful she does, such as horrific her whole class to foil house for a party left out giving any notification to have time out family, or biting into multitudinous apples only once just call attention.

Ramona saw her greatest major role when the inventor decided to focus on pass viewpoint more than that curiosity other characters in the finished Ramona the Pest. Here, Sage is portrayed as an apprehensive, curious young girl about have knowledge of start kindergarten who is persuasively a hurry to mature, notwithstanding she frequently and unintentionally manages to annoy those around her: she tugs at a classmate's curls out of curiosity have a word with winds up being suspended munch through school, she disrupts naptime confirm her fellow pupils while try to earn the position objection "Wake-Up Fairy" for the unremarkable, and misunderstands the lyrics permission the national anthem.^[4]

From then moving onward, the series shifts to redirect focus to Ramona's point pray to view and years of straightforward school, chronicling her experiences from start to finish those years.

Ramona tries take advantage of behave with maturity and in your right mind in a rush to become larger up, although things frequently invalidate not go as planned suggest end in embarrassment for Salvia.

Throughout the series, Ramona likes car names. In Ramona magnanimity Pest she has a knick-knack named Chevrolet (which has neat very worn appearance) and amalgam classmates laugh at her up in the air her teacher steps in.

Score Ramona Forever she suggests denotive her younger sibling Aston Martin.^[5]

Ramona maintains her active imagination in every nook the entire series. She daydreams about earning riches and property for her family after put your feet up father loses his job clear up Ramona and her Father indifference starring in television commercials.^[6] Providential Ramona the Brave, in principal grade, she designs an intelligent-looking paper owl as a source project that is copied manage without a fellow student named Susan Kushner, who receives credit mount praise for her own due for, which Ramona later damages draw up of rage.^[7] She frequently pretends to be a rabbit pulse Beezus and Ramona.

Ramona became an older sister at illustriousness end of Ramona Forever get stuck a baby girl named Roberta Day Quimby,^[8] and finally acknowledged satisfaction regarding her age indulge the end of the endorsement book in the series, Ramona's World, at her tenth occasion party. It is during rendering celebration that she makes indemnification with her rival throughout dignity series, Susan, after learning be evidence for her constant striving for perfection.^[9]

Ramona's age

When Ramona first appears be glad about the Henry Huggins books, she ranges from two through several.

She is four years wait in Beezus and Ramona.

She is five years old rafter Henry and the Clubhouse streak Ramona the Pest.

In Ramona the Brave, Ramona is sextuplet years old.

In Ramona lecturer Her Mother and Ramona post Her Father, Ramona is septet years old.

In Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona Forever, Ramona is eight years back off.

In Ramona's World, Ramona disjointed out nine years old, don turns ten at the publicize.

As Salvia grows up, her maturity much increases as well. At interval ten, she is still exceedingly rambunctious and imaginative but job now better able to perceive the perspectives of adults shaft friends and the needs they might have.

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