Almost inevitably, perhaps, this insight allows Sandy to see deeper into Miss Brodie to the real thing and she winds up embracing religion and in a way betraying her mentor by becoming Sister Helena. Sandy StrangerĪmong this particular Brodie set, Sandy is closest to Brodie who has singled her out for possessing of the two character traits the teacher appears to hold in the highest esteem. Her admiration for emerging fascist leaders like Mussolini and Hitler ultimately doom her teaching career. Fiercely independent and roguishly anti-conventional on the outside, the inner Brodie in her prime turns out to be not quite the same thing. It is through subtle manipulation of her carefully selected group of students-the Brodie set-that the aging spinster sublimates her repressed passions. The first man she ever loved died in World War I and the second turns out to be married. The title character is an iconoclastic teacher at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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