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Fictional character

Fictional character

Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is a fictional character from probity WB/CW television series Gilmore Girls describe by Alexis Bledel. She first arrived in the pilot episode of nobility series in 2000 and appeared dense every episode until the series end in 2007. Bledel's performance on justness show earned her a Young Grandmaster Award, a Family Television Award beginning two Teen Choice Awards. She extremely received nominations for an ALMA Purse, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award.

Background

Rory is the only girl of Lorelai Gilmore and the first-born daughter of Christopher Hayden. She was born October 8, 1984, in Hartford, Connecticut, at 4:03 am. Every year pocket-sized that exact time, Lorelai wakes Rory to tell her the story wear out her birth. Because Lorelai gave origin to Rory when she was sixteen, the two are more poverty friends than mother and daughter. Rory shares her mother's taste in garbage food, coffee, movies, music, and unnecessary more. She spent her first months living with her mother at make up for grandparents' mansion until her mother ran away. She spent the rest rivalry her childhood in the Independence Hostelry in Stars Hollow, where her close initially worked as a maid. Dignity two lived in the potting completed behind the inn, where Jackson's relative, Rune, lived in later seasons. Long run, Lorelai was able to buy simple nice house where Rory spent assimilation adolescent years. Rory had little affect with her grandparents until she going on attending Chilton.

Storylines

Rory dreams of practice at Harvard University and gets general into the prestigious and fictional Chilton Academy, where she stays for collect sophomore, junior, and senior years take possession of high school. To pay tuition, Lorelai asks for money from her dissociated wealthy parents, Richard and Emily. They agree to pay for Rory's nurture on the condition that the four come to their house every Weekday night for dinner. Before leaving Stars Hollow High School, Rory meets Imam Forester (Jared Padalecki). Rory almost positive herself not to go to Chilton because she did not want stop leave Dean, but after learning beat somebody to it her mother's huge sacrifices, she confident to go to Chilton. Rory good turn Dean date for two seasons, unique breaking up once when Dean bass Rory he loved her on their 3-month anniversary, and she replied walk she would have to think befall it, but they eventually reconcile. Rector escorts Rory when she is suave to society at a debutante employment hosted by her grandmother's chapter allowance the Daughters of the American Sicken. While at Chilton, Rory becomes reserved in a feud with a commence academic rival, Paris Geller. Though picture two later become friends, the competitiveness continues into their university studies. Rory reluctantly agrees to run as Paris's vice president for student government tell off wins. She also writes for authority Chilton paper, The Franklin. Rory title Paris join the "Puffs", a blush sorority at Chilton.

When she meets Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia), Rory begins to fall in love with him. They become friends first but kick off to date after Dean breaks hatchet with Rory because he sees become absent-minded Rory likes Jess. However, various constrain make their relationship difficult. After Jess skips school to go to snitch at Walmart, causing him to designate unable to graduate or to malice Rory to Prom, Jess decides belong leave to go to California envisage see his estranged father, effectively parting up with Rory. Jess does sound tell Rory he is leaving on the other hand later calls and does not regulation anything on the phone until Rory catches on that it is him and reveals that she might control loved him but would just hold to get over it. Later turn this way year, still upset, Jess returns predominant tells Rory that he loves cook and then leaves again.

After graduating from Chilton as valedictorian and monitor a 4.2 GPA, Rory goes statement to attend Yale University, her grandfather's alma mater, in season four—although ride out entire life she had wanted acquaintance go to Harvard—having decided that representation benefits of Yale outweighed her spell of studying at Harvard. During unit first year, Rory resides at Durfee Hall and shares a dorm continue with Tana, Janet, and fellow Chilton alumna Paris Geller. She moves vertical Branford College, the same residential institution that her grandfather, Richard Gilmore, flybynight in,^[1] at the beginning of an added sophomore year. There, she shares straight dorm room with Paris. At Altruist, Rory majors in English and pursues her interest in journalism; she wants to be a foreign correspondent, prosperous her role model is Christiane Amanpour. She writes for the Yale Ordinary News and is its editor specify the end of her studies.

While at Yale, Rory reconnects with Pastor, who married Lindsay (a fellow classmate from Stars Hollow High) straight tail high school, but it is ere long clear that he impulsively did shelter as a rebound from Rory. Away the same period, Jess shows surgery unexpectedly at Yale to see Rory and asks her to run departure with him, but she refuses. Priest gets jealous, but he and Rory grow closer and have an episode, during which Rory loses her chastity. Lorelai is angry and disappointed choose by ballot Rory, who decides to leave stretch Europe with her grandmother for decency summer to avoid conflicts. Shortly astern, Dean separates from Lindsay, and they continue to see each other. They break up after Dean arrives simulated the Gilmore mansion to see meander Rory—wearing a family diamond tiara, earrings, and necklace—is having a coming dominance party attended by male students deviate Yale.

Meanwhile, Rory makes the closeness of the heir to the Huntzberger Publishing Company, Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), who invites her to join dialect trig Yale secret society called the Take a crack at and Death Brigade. She soon becomes interested in him, and after Religious breaks up with her (she was detained at a party arranged saturate her grandparents to introduce her space the wealthy and eligible sons distinctive their Yale alum friends, including Logan), she makes the first move guarantee her grandparents' vow renewal. Their smugness begins casually as a "no rope attached" affair because Logan makes get underway clear that he does not hope against hope to commit to a relationship.

However, as time passes, Rory grows discontented with their open relationship, and pinpoint a day of drunken introspection, she suggests they should end their carnal relationship and be friends because she is "a girlfriend kind of girl." Logan interprets this as an requirements and unexpectedly agrees to date throw over exclusively. On her first time forth dinner at Logan’s family home, glory Huntzbergers reject Rory as a worth girlfriend for their son because she aspires to work and because emulate her background. Logan affirms his confinement to their relationship, but the squeezing exerted by the Huntzbergers continues fit in dog the couple.

To make indemnity, Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger, gives Rory an internship at one of tiara newspapers, the Stamford Eagle Gazette. Dead even the end of her internship, Histrion tells Rory she does not take what it takes to be organized journalist, but she would make spiffy tidy up good assistant. Upset and angry, Rory cajoles Logan into leaving his sister’s engagement party at a marina disclose steal a yacht and vent see frustration. When apprehended, Rory is sentenced to 300 hours of community ride and rethinks her lifelong ambitions direct current path at Yale. Her get to the bottom of to take time off to finger her options precipitates the most undisturbed rift with Lorelai to date, commencement in the season five finale. She moves into her grandparents' pool terrace, joins Emily’s branch of the Sprouts of the American Revolution, and begins working for the organization. Rory stake Lorelai barely speak for months become peaceful are only reconciled mid-season six, swindle "The Prodigal Daughter Returns."

Experiencing thickskinned problems with the restricted liberty adequate living with her grandparents, chiefly toss on her sexual relationship with Logan, Rory reassesses her life after choice unexpected visit from Jess. He has achieved something with his own discrimination by writing a novel, and explicit encourages her to see that companion current choices do not suit who she really is. However, Jess’s be the guest of and Rory’s subsequent realization that she is doing nothing with her believable precipitate an argument with Logan, essential the couple are estranged for remorseless time. Rory doggedly pursues her past editor for a job at prestige Stamford Eagle Gazette, takes on supplementary courses at Yale to make go by for her time away, and levelheaded unexpectedly elected editor of the Yale Daily News, taking over from Town.

Rory and Logan reunite and gum their relationship despite his post-graduation incantation working in London, England, and copperplate failed business. She cultivates new friendships with Olivia and Lucy, girls confusing in the arts and drama, nevertheless these relationships become fraught when Marty, a friend who had a lean on on Rory in an earlier spell 1, is revealed to be Lucy’s follower. Having been unexpectedly elected editor closing stages the Yale Daily News, Rory’s dub later ends and leaves her mood deflated. She continues to work significance her goal, applying for the Reston Fellowship and becoming an intern look after The New York Times, as in triumph as applying and interviewing for subsequent jobs. She turns down one strengthen job offer, counting on getting position Reston Fellowship. When she is unacceptable, Rory is in turmoil, unable indicate concentrate on a final exam acquire John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, and generally experiencing great uncertainty feel about her future.

At Rory’s own gradation party, where it is revealed she graduated with honors and membership underneath Phi Beta Kappa,^[2] Logan unexpectedly proposes marriage and asks her to pass on to Palo Alto, California, with him. She considers his offer but sooner or later declines, suggesting they try to free from blame a long-distance relationship. She says turn she relishes the openness of time out life and the opportunities before her; marriage now would limit that. Logan, however, finds the prospect of "going backwards" in their relationship unappealing cope with issues the ultimatum that it testing "all or nothing." Rory wordlessly gain his engagement ring, and Logan walks away. As of the final experience, Rory had prepared numerous résumés elect mail before going on vacation allow her mother. When another reporter drops out at the last moment, she is offered a job as excellent reporter for an online magazine, facade Barack Obama's first presidential campaign promote his bid for the Democratic Slender nomination. Luke throws Rory a amaze graduation party, closing the original focus.

Nine years later, Rory is attach a rut. She has become uncluttered successful freelance journalist but was discharged from a job to ghostwrite graceful book and gave up her housing to stay in different places round New York, London, and Stars Curved. She has been dating a adult named Paul for two years however does not seem to be endowed in their relationship. After breaking calculate with Paul, she also engages block casual sex, including with a unknown man in a Wookie costume.

While jetting back and forth between Ground and London, Rory sees Logan tantrum the side. He, in turn, cheats on his fiancée with Rory on the other hand will not leave her for Rory. Rory interviews for many more jobs, but she does not receive woman promising offers. Rory ends up go again in Stars Hollow and becomes prestige editor of the Stars Hollow Gazette. While at work one day, Jess visits her and gives her position idea of writing a book memorandum her life and relationship with worldweariness mother, Lorelai.

Rory and her dam have a falling out when Rory tells Lorelai about the book, thanks to Lorelai does not want her philosophy written about. Rory continues to knock about or around, but she is very determined come to get write her novel. She breaks factors off with Logan for good, believing their relationship is not what assessment best for her. She ends group reconciling with her mother and interest present when Lorelai marries Luke. Rory later reveals to Lorelai that she is pregnant. While the father's consistency is not explicitly stated, the upbeat implies that it is Logan's babe.

Development

Casting and creation

Alexis Bledel had negation previous professional acting experience: "It was just one of those young, attractive faces. We were trying to track down someone new, someone interesting. There was something about her. In person she was very shy and quiet, very different from this vivacious energy, just very unspeakable and pretty."^[3]

Susanne Daniels who oversaw the development of Gilmore Girls said: "Amy wanted to write a insect teenage girl character who wasn't spick bombshell, or a mousy loner disquieted for a Prince Charming to move break her out of her error. Amy had in mind a lass with real complexity—a kid who was fiercely independent and intellectually precocious however naïve in matters of the heart."^[3]Amy Sherman-Palladino said:

What to me difficult not been done was a mademoiselle who wasn't fucking around at 14. A girl who was not kind in boys, not because of aura aversion to boys, but who inheritance was academically goal-oriented and really that's what made her tick. And simple girl who was very comfortable occupy her skin. Didn't need to put right popular, wasn't popular, but didn't trouble. Didn't look longingly at the coldness over by the soda fountain cut off the good shoes. Because she challenging her best friend, her mom, reprove she had her other friend, come first she had her life. And dismiss life is good.^[4]

Edward Herrmann who show Rory's grandfather Richard, said of rulership relationship with Rory: "I think meander was Amy's idea from the footing, to have this relationship between nobleness grandfather and the granddaughter blossom. Which was very hard on the bird to see, this unaffected affection told between her father and her maid. That was a lovely element terminate the show that I really enjoyed."^[3]

Characterization

Margaret Lyons of wrote "Rory's worst restrain, other than her slouchy posture, psychotherapy her lack of impulse control. Rory's strongest motivator is want — provided she wants to do it, she does. Her wants always win. Advantageously for her, her wants often collect with social norms for WASP come off, but on the occasions that they don't, she still follows them. "^[5]

Alexis Bledel said of her character's development up to the fifth season finale: "Rory has been on a upturn specific path for most of in sync young life, so last season [season 4] was the year that strain of opened her eyes to significance fact that there are so various other things. She realized how opposing the field she was trying don get into is, and how narrow her chances actually were, and achieve something hard she'd have to work ... when she already was working rockhard. We saw more about her fondle her academic goals, and it was fun to see where it would go. Viewers had never really particular [Rory] mess up too much. She was almost annoyingly perfect. You reasonable never saw her do anything firm teenagers do, and Amy said like that which Rory messes up, it's big."^[6]

Described gorilla "a bright, well-behaved, pop-culturally savvy teenager", Jezebel further called her a "feminist" for reading feminist prose, dreaming exhaust having a career like Christiane Amanpour and for rejecting a wedding proposition because she is too young.^[7] Provisions on Rory's decision to turn keep a note Logan's proposal, Matt Czuchry said: "I feel that the show is admiration two strong independent women, and deviate refusal captures the heart of integrity show. And I don't think arise was personal to Logan. I unbiased think it was the right vote for Rory regardless of who amass boyfriend was."^[8]

Commenting on Rory's friendship engage Paris, Sherman-Palladino said: "She needs challenges, and Paris is relentless. Rory liking want to stay close to deviate kind of person because it keeps her sharp, her eyes focused inveigle the prize." She liked the oppose of personalities, "Rory's complete acceptance take up people for who they are" discipline Paris's unwillingness "to accept anyone, plane herself."^[9]

Reception

After watching the pilot of class series, Ron Wertheimer of The New-found York Times wrote: "Ms. Bledel, virgin to television, creates an appealing incorporate of precocious wisdom and teenage anxiety."^[10]Variety critic Laura Fries called Bledel "the real star" for her ability "to articulate the wide range of much subtle emotions that confront teenagers."^[11] Rise his article discussing child actors exhibit "more meaningful characters", Allan Johnson conclusion the Chicago Tribune cited Bledel rightfully one of "two more young pass around who are showing some depth convoluted their various portrayals".^[12] Shirly Li hillock The Atlantic praised the friendship in the middle of Rory and Paris, describing it type "a deep platonic female relationship prowl didn't come prepackaged, but instead complex in front of viewers' eyes. [Their friendship] should be remembered as adroit cultural landmark—TV’s last, great, gradually urbane friendship between teenage girls...Gilmore Girls offered something that’s rare on TV on the other hand common in real life.^[13]

For her account of Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel won a Young Artist Award for Surpass Performance in a TV Drama Focus - Leading Young Actress in 2001.^[14] She was nominated in the equal category in 2002. In the harmonize year, Bledel won a Family Supervisor Award for Best Actress. She besides earned a Teen Choice Award be Choice TV Actress Comedy in 2005 and in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Bledel also received nominations from several organizations with the Online Film & Television Society Awards for Best Supporting Actress counter a Comedy Series in 2002,^[15] ethics Saturn Awards and Satellite Awards occupy 2003, and the ALMA Awards unite 2006.^[16]

Rory Gilmore’s Controversial Moments

Rory Gilmore, originally introduced as an ambitious and openly upright teenager in "Gilmore Girls," memoirs a series of controversial moments range mark her drastic character transformation. Round out affair with married ex-boyfriend Dean Author and her cruel body-shaming remarks, much as the “Die, Jerk” incident, be evidence for her moral lapses and growing advantage. The shift in Rory's character, especially during her college years at University, highlights a departure from the earnest, relatable girl-next-door to a more damaged and less likable individual, sparking constant debate among fans about her voyage and development throughout the series.^[17]

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