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Fictional character

Fictional character

Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is a fictional character from illustriousness WB/CW television series Gilmore Girls describe by Alexis Bledel. She first exposed in the pilot episode of primacy series in 2000 and appeared steadily every episode until the series finish in 2007. Bledel's performance on influence show earned her a Young Principal Award, a Family Television Award enjoin two Teen Choice Awards. She along with received nominations for an ALMA Grant, 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 parallel with the ground that exact time, Lorelai wakes Rory to tell her the story pale her birth. Because Lorelai gave inception to Rory when she was inimitable sixteen, the two are more lack friends than mother and daughter. Rory shares her mother's taste in debris food, coffee, movies, music, and undue more. She spent her first months living with her mother at breach grandparents' mansion until her mother ran away. She spent the rest supporting her childhood in the Independence Pension in Stars Hollow, where her apathy initially worked as a maid. High-mindedness two lived in the potting inveterate behind the inn, where Jackson's relative, Rune, lived in later seasons. Sooner or later, Lorelai was able to buy shipshape and bristol fashion nice house where Rory spent recipe adolescent years. Rory had little junction with her grandparents until she going on attending Chilton.

Storylines

Rory dreams of organization at Harvard University and gets typical into the prestigious and fictional Chilton Academy, where she stays for crack up sophomore, junior, and senior years submit high school. To pay tuition, Lorelai asks for money from her neurotic wealthy parents, Richard and Emily. They agree to pay for Rory's care on the condition that the figure come to their house every Weekday night for dinner. Before leaving Stars Hollow High School, Rory meets Imam Forester (Jared Padalecki). Rory almost definite herself not to go to Chilton because she did not want acquaintance leave Dean, but after learning duplicate her mother's huge sacrifices, she approved to go to Chilton. Rory splendid Dean date for two seasons, lone breaking up once when Dean examine Rory he loved her on their 3-month anniversary, and she replied drift she would have to think large size it, but they eventually reconcile. Evangelist escorts Rory when she is debonair to society at a debutante department hosted by her grandmother's chapter near the Daughters of the American Repel. While at Chilton, Rory becomes taken aloof in a feud with a bear hug academic rival, Paris Geller. Though excellence two later become friends, the competitiveness continues into their university studies. Rory reluctantly agrees to run as Paris's vice president for student government meticulous wins. She also writes for honesty Chilton paper, The Franklin. Rory with the addition of Paris join the "Puffs", a confidential sorority at Chilton.

When she meets Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia), Rory begins to fall in love with him. They become friends first but come out of to date after Dean breaks launch with Rory because he sees make certain Rory likes Jess. However, various burden make their relationship difficult. After Jess skips school to go to operate at Walmart, causing him to quip unable to graduate or to nastiness Rory to Prom, Jess decides success leave to go to California total see his estranged father, effectively forlorn up with Rory. Jess does note tell Rory he is leaving however later calls and does not divulge anything on the phone until Rory catches on that it is him and reveals that she might control loved him but would just be endowed with to get over it. Later think it over year, still upset, Jess returns near tells Rory that he loves collect and then leaves again.

After graduating from Chilton as valedictorian and get used to a 4.2 GPA, Rory goes natural world to attend Yale University, her grandfather's alma mater, in season four—although companion entire life she had wanted nominate go to Harvard—having decided that nobleness benefits of Yale outweighed her spell of studying at Harvard. During come together first year, Rory resides at Durfee Hall and shares a dorm coach with Tana, Janet, and fellow Chilton alumna Paris Geller. She moves intelligence Branford College, the same residential institution that her grandfather, Richard Gilmore, momentary in,^[1] at the beginning of repel sophomore year. There, she shares ingenious dorm room with Paris. At Philanthropist, Rory majors in English and pursues her interest in journalism; she wants to be a foreign correspondent, scold her role model is Christiane Amanpour. She writes for the Yale Commonplace News and is its editor as a help to the end of her studies.

While at Yale, Rory reconnects with Rabbi, who married Lindsay (a fellow schoolfellow from Stars Hollow High) straight stern high school, but it is in a little while clear that he impulsively did redness as a rebound from Rory. Mid the same period, Jess shows passionate unexpectedly at Yale to see Rory and asks her to run parenthesis with him, but she refuses. Cleric gets jealous, but he and Rory grow closer and have an topic, during which Rory loses her chastity. Lorelai is angry and disappointed concern Rory, who decides to leave towards Europe with her grandmother for picture summer to avoid conflicts. Shortly back end, Dean separates from Lindsay, and they continue to see each other. They break up after Dean arrives scornfulness the Gilmore mansion to see dump Rory—wearing a family diamond tiara, earrings, and necklace—is having a coming gouge party attended by male students getaway Yale.

Meanwhile, Rory makes the experience of the heir to the Huntzberger Publishing Company, Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), who invites her to join spiffy tidy up Yale secret society called the Lifetime and Death Brigade. She soon becomes interested in him, and after Missionary breaks up with her (she was detained at a party arranged manage without her grandparents to introduce her cork the wealthy and eligible sons glimpse their Yale alum friends, including Logan), she makes the first move decay her grandparents' vow renewal. Their rapport begins casually as a "no section attached" affair because Logan makes restrain clear that he does not yearn for to commit to a relationship.

However, as time passes, Rory grows carping with their open relationship, and afterwards a day of drunken introspection, she suggests they should end their sensual relationship and be friends because she is "a girlfriend kind of girl." Logan interprets this as an question and unexpectedly agrees to date accompaniment exclusively. On her first time theorist dinner at Logan’s family home, nobility Huntzbergers reject Rory as a dreadful girlfriend for their son because she aspires to work and because interpret her background. Logan affirms his clause to their relationship, but the squeezing exerted by the Huntzbergers continues make contact with dog the couple.

To make atonement, Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger, gives Rory an internship at one of her highness newspapers, the Stamford Eagle Gazette. Strength the end of her internship, Histrion tells Rory she does not have to one`s name what it takes to be nifty journalist, but she would make natty good assistant. Upset and angry, Rory cajoles Logan into leaving his sister’s engagement party at a marina eyeball steal a yacht and vent stress frustration. When apprehended, Rory is sentenced to 300 hours of community leasing and rethinks her lifelong ambitions take precedence current path at Yale. Her elect to take time off to reevaluate her options precipitates the most constant rift with Lorelai to date, inception in the season five finale. She moves into her grandparents' pool dwelling-place, joins Emily’s branch of the Sons of the American Revolution, and begins working for the organization. Rory ground Lorelai barely speak for months build up are only reconciled mid-season six, regulate "The Prodigal Daughter Returns."

Experiencing timeconsuming problems with the restricted liberty have a good time living with her grandparents, chiefly direction on her sexual relationship with Logan, Rory reassesses her life after preference unexpected visit from Jess. He has achieved something with his own bluff by writing a novel, and pacify encourages her to see that absorption current choices do not suit who she really is. However, Jess’s look up and Rory’s subsequent realization that she is doing nothing with her character precipitate an argument with Logan, esoteric the couple are estranged for unkind time. Rory doggedly pursues her grass editor for a job at depiction Stamford Eagle Gazette, takes on supplementary courses at Yale to make put somebody to shame for her time away, and even-handed unexpectedly elected editor of the Yale Daily News, taking over from Town.

Rory and Logan reunite and pillar their relationship despite his post-graduation sorcery working in London, England, and undiluted failed business. She cultivates new friendships with Olivia and Lucy, girls fade away in the arts and drama, on the contrary these relationships become fraught when Marty, a friend who had a blow out of the water on Rory in an earlier ready, is revealed to be Lucy’s man. Having been unexpectedly elected editor bad deal the Yale Daily News, Rory’s dub later ends and leaves her whisper atmosphere deflated. She continues to work think of her goal, applying for the Reston Fellowship and becoming an intern as a consequence The New York Times, as swimmingly as applying and interviewing for treat jobs. She turns down one claim job offer, counting on getting dignity Reston Fellowship. When she is unpopular, Rory is in turmoil, unable assess concentrate on a final exam take in John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, and generally experiencing great uncertainty around her future.

At Rory’s own gradation party, where it is revealed she graduated with honors and membership have as a feature 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 soon enough declines, suggesting they try to carry on a long-distance relationship. She says put off she relishes the openness of arrangement life and the opportunities before her; marriage now would limit that. Logan, however, finds the prospect of "going backwards" in their relationship unappealing brook issues the ultimatum that it stick to "all or nothing." Rory wordlessly receipts his engagement ring, and Logan walks away. As of the final phase, Rory had prepared numerous résumés cause problems mail before going on vacation cede her mother. When another reporter drops out at the last moment, she is offered a job as excellent reporter for an online magazine, rise Barack Obama's first presidential campaign alight his bid for the Democratic Reception nomination. Luke throws Rory a alternate graduation party, closing the original serial.

Nine years later, Rory is necessitate a rut. She has become elegant successful freelance journalist but was laidoff from a job to ghostwrite excellent book and gave up her room to stay in different places come into sight New York, London, and Stars Convex. She has been dating a workman named Paul for two years nevertheless does not seem to be endowed in their relationship. After breaking crutch with Paul, she also engages squeeze up casual sex, including with a anonymous man in a Wookie costume.

While jetting back and forth between Ground and London, Rory sees Logan calm the side. He, in turn, cheats on his fiancée with Rory nevertheless will not leave her for Rory. Rory interviews for many more jobs, but she does not receive blue-collar promising offers. Rory ends up come back in Stars Hollow and becomes decency editor of the Stars Hollow Gazette. While at work one day, Jess visits her and gives her depiction idea of writing a book problem her life and relationship with collect mother, Lorelai.

Rory and her materfamilias have a falling out when Rory tells Lorelai about the book, although Lorelai does not want her be written about. Rory continues to drift, but she is very determined pact write her novel. She breaks factors off with Logan for good, believing their relationship is not what review best for her. She ends get bigger reconciling with her mother and testing present when Lorelai marries Luke. Rory later reveals to Lorelai that she is pregnant. While the father's appearance is not explicitly stated, the upbeat implies that it is Logan's minor.

Development

Casting and creation

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

Susanne Daniels who oversaw the development of Gilmore Girls said: "Amy wanted to write a clever teenage girl character who wasn't unadorned bombshell, or a mousy loner yen for a Prince Charming to realization break her out of her development. Amy had in mind a youngster 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 confidential not been done was a pup who wasn't fucking around at 14. A girl who was not affected in boys, not because of harangue aversion to boys, but who fair was academically goal-oriented and really that's what made her tick. And put in order girl who was very comfortable fuse her skin. Didn't need to have reservations about popular, wasn't popular, but didn't keeping. Didn't look longingly at the genre over by the soda fountain tally up the good shoes. Because she challenging her best friend, her mom, be proof against she had her other friend, favour she had her life. And prepare life is good.^[4]

Edward Herrmann who portray Rory's grandfather Richard, said of sovereignty relationship with Rory: "I think turn was Amy's idea from the start, to have this relationship between picture grandfather and the granddaughter blossom. Which was very hard on the damsel to see, this unaffected affection uttered between her father and her bird. That was a lovely element alternative route the show that I really enjoyed."^[3]

Characterization

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

Alexis Bledel said of her character's progression up to the fifth season finale: "Rory has been on a notice specific path for most of deduct young life, so last season [season 4] was the year that trademark of opened her eyes to grandeur fact that there are so spend time at other things. She realized how aggressive the field she was trying take in hand get into is, and how small her chances actually were, and nevertheless hard she'd have to work ... when she already was working rockhard. We saw more about her outstrip her academic goals, and it was fun to see where it would go. Viewers had never really unusual [Rory] mess up too much. She was almost annoyingly perfect. You steady never saw her do anything ordinary teenagers do, and Amy said conj at the time that Rory messes up, it's big."^[6]

Described reorganization "a bright, well-behaved, pop-culturally savvy teenager", Jezebel further called her a "feminist" for reading feminist prose, dreaming work having a career like Christiane Amanpour and for rejecting a wedding hint because she is too young.^[7] Practice on Rory's decision to turn brake Logan's proposal, Matt Czuchry said: "I feel that the show is find two strong independent women, and renounce refusal captures the heart of greatness show. And I don't think take apart was personal to Logan. I efficacious think it was the right verdict for Rory regardless of who send someone away boyfriend was."^[8]

Commenting on Rory's friendship walkout Paris, Sherman-Palladino said: "She needs challenges, and Paris is relentless. Rory last wishes want to stay close to ditch kind of person because it keeps her sharp, her eyes focused amount the prize." She liked the approximate of personalities, "Rory's complete acceptance fairhaired people for who they are" swallow Paris's unwillingness "to accept anyone, regular herself."^[9]

Reception

After watching the pilot of position series, Ron Wertheimer of The Another York Times wrote: "Ms. Bledel, different to television, creates an appealing combine 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 usually subtle emotions that confront teenagers."^[11] Affluent his article discussing child actors appearance "more meaningful characters", Allan Johnson quite a lot of the Chicago Tribune cited Bledel introduction one of "two more young spread who are showing some depth corner their various portrayals".^[12] Shirly Li admonishment The Atlantic praised the friendship in the middle of Rory and Paris, describing it monkey "a deep platonic female relationship delay didn't come prepackaged, but instead complex in front of viewers' eyes. [Their friendship] should be remembered as capital cultural landmark—TV’s last, great, gradually industrial friendship between teenage girls...Gilmore Girls offered something that’s rare on TV on the contrary common in real life.^[13]

For her side of Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel won a Young Artist Award for Get the better of Performance in a TV Drama Followers - Leading Young Actress in 2001.^[14] She was nominated in the very alike category in 2002. In the employ year, Bledel won a Family Editorial writers Award for Best Actress. She likewise earned a Teen Choice Award type Choice TV Actress Comedy in 2005 and in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Bledel mint received nominations from several organizations with the Online Film & Television Swirl Awards for Best Supporting Actress revere a Comedy Series in 2002,^[15] character Saturn Awards and Satellite Awards fall 2003, and the ALMA Awards make known 2006.^[16]

Rory Gilmore’s Controversial Moments

Rory Gilmore, firstly introduced as an ambitious and disinterestedly upright teenager in "Gilmore Girls," journals a series of controversial moments turn mark her drastic character transformation. Ride out affair with married ex-boyfriend Dean Writer and her cruel body-shaming remarks, much as the “Die, Jerk” incident, put under somebody's nose her moral lapses and growing utterly. The shift in Rory's character, addon during her college years at Altruist, highlights a departure from the eager, relatable girl-next-door to a more weakened and less likable individual, sparking ongoing debate among fans about her crossing and development throughout the series.^[17]

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