Harriet
In her book Emma,
Jane Austen creates a character called Harriet who is too good natured but
naive. When she meets Emma, she falls into the latter’s shadow and all her
insecurities come out.
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| do I look pretty in this? |
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| Emmmmmaaa, you are so smart |
A Harriet is a
girl who is full of good intentions but has little confidence in herself. She
constantly needs someone to reassure her.She will put on some lipstick, but
wipe it off if her Emma asks why she put on lipstick today. She will like a guy
but will not go out with him until Emma says it’s okay.
Harriet will be
unsteady until she has an Emma, she tries to make an Emma out of everybody she
meets, so in a sense she is a groupie, not going anywhere alone.If you are
an Emma, you just found your hand bag.
This is a
recently married girl, two or three years in a marriage . Her husband is the
best thing second only to her love of cooking. She will talk about him, of him
and like him to everybody in the plot. If she is from Coast, she will talk of
mume wangu this mume wangu that. If she is from Western, it will be bwanangu, a
Nairobi wife will talk of mzee wangu, a wife from Central Kenya but living in
Nairobi will talk of ‘my husband’ and you will all be watching to see this husband, perform miracle
at least will you.
This chick only buys new clothes from boutiques and Garissa lodge.
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This is a girl I
like to study. Her best skill is looking mean at everybody. Her sense of style
is NYC to the minute. She is not afraid to dress up in bare backs and wear big
hair. She doesn’t smile. No.
She is skilled
at is baring teeth at other girls. She will have fake nails and a shinny
handbag. She will only wear heels and animal print wedges. But she will have some
secret fear when you get to know her. Like she will always be on edge, she might be
terrified of bus conductors and River road.
She walks as
though paparazzi was at her heels, so you can never have a real conversation
with her coz she has to have the right face just in case someone took a picture.
My dad my hero
This one you know.
She is her daddy’s princess and daddy is her only hero, and she will remind you
every day. My dad said if I don’t spend all the money in my account by the 5th
of this month I will only get two credit cards next month. My dad said vegetables are for rabbits and
goats.Yeah. And you will look at her in horror and sympathy and hope nobody
else heard that.
Surprisingly, it's not easy to hate this girl. You realise she is just silly and feel bad for her when she is sad about something, coz the world can be unforgiving. You pity the fellow she will marry but then you remember it's non of your business.
Rory Gilmore
This is a girl
you will like, but you may never reach friendship levels with her because she
will have one best friend from childhood, and she will have several admirers.
Regardless of her background, she will not let that affect her. She has a
stable mind, she got good grades, she eats good food and uses a perfume that
smells like baby fabric softner. She will have an expensive watch and a locket
either given by her big brother or her mother. She can't drive though, for her tendency to daydream
She will marry a
family friend she has known since childhood.
Next:the
squinter, the tomboy, hurry!while stocks last, miss etiquette
