Analyse af Frances Childs' novelle 'Prospect House'

It is difficult to be a teenager, and I think Kim from Prospect House will agree with me. In Frances Childs’ short story “Prospect House” (2002) the main character Kim deals with the struggles of breaking the social heritage. At first her new house mates meet her with violence, but later they start taking care of each other, and support her through pursuing her dream of a better life and becoming an actress. Di, Andrea, and Gina all dream about getting pregnant, so they could move up to Sussex House and have their own place. But Kim wants something different. She gets part in a play and sees it as her way out, and with the support of her friends, she can begin her new life.

The short story Prospect House is told by a first-person narrator “When I first arrived at Prospect House” (I.1). She goes by the name Kim. Kim is the narrator of the story, and she is the main character. Prospect House is a house where teenage girls can come to get some structure in their lives. Those girls who live in Prospect House is often girls who has a difficult background, these girls need some help and that is what they get there.