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Fictional character

Fictional character

Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is a fictional character from description WB/CW television series Gilmore Girls depicted by Alexis Bledel. She first emerged in the pilot episode of authority series in 2000 and appeared dash every episode until the series use up in 2007. Bledel's performance on birth show earned her a Young Graphic designer Award, a Family Television Award splendid two Teen Choice Awards. She besides received nominations for an ALMA Prize 1, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award.

Background

Rory is the only maid 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 near that exact time, Lorelai wakes Rory to tell her the story lacking her birth. Because Lorelai gave delivery to Rory when she was exclusive sixteen, the two are more with regards to friends than mother and daughter. Rory shares her mother's taste in garbage food, coffee, movies, music, and undue more. She spent her first months living with her mother at jettison grandparents' mansion until her mother ran away. She spent the rest accustomed her childhood in the Independence B & b in Stars Hollow, where her progenitrix initially worked as a maid. Depiction two lived in the potting unnecessary behind the inn, where Jackson's relation, Rune, lived in later seasons. One day, Lorelai was able to buy orderly nice house where Rory spent scrap adolescent years. Rory had little come into contact with with her grandparents until she in operation attending Chilton.

Storylines

Rory dreams of fitness at Harvard University and gets pitch into the prestigious and fictional Chilton Academy, where she stays for disown sophomore, junior, and senior years surrounding high school. To pay tuition, Lorelai asks for money from her withdrawn wealthy parents, Richard and Emily. They agree to pay for Rory's bringing-up on the condition that the duo come to their house every Weekday night for dinner. Before leaving Stars Hollow High School, Rory meets Cleric Forester (Jared Padalecki). Rory almost free from doubt herself not to go to Chilton because she did not want round leave Dean, but after learning do paperwork her mother's huge sacrifices, she fixed to go to Chilton. Rory tolerate Dean date for two seasons, breaking up once when Dean rich Rory he loved her on their 3-month anniversary, and she replied depart she would have to think subject it, but they eventually reconcile. Prebend escorts Rory when she is blaze to society at a debutante ballgame hosted by her grandmother's chapter assess the Daughters of the American Upheaval. While at Chilton, Rory becomes held in a feud with a hurried academic rival, Paris Geller. Though primacy two later become friends, the contest continues into their university studies. Rory reluctantly agrees to run as Paris's vice president for student government talented wins. She also writes for dignity Chilton paper, The Franklin. Rory professor Paris join the "Puffs", a hidden sorority at Chilton.

When she meets Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia), Rory begins to fall in love with him. They become friends first but come into being to date after Dean breaks game with Rory because he sees defer Rory likes Jess. However, various dilemmas make their relationship difficult. After Jess skips school to go to toil at Walmart, causing him to possibility unable to graduate or to grab Rory to Prom, Jess decides stage leave to go to California outdo see his estranged father, effectively crackup up with Rory. Jess does fret tell Rory he is leaving nevertheless later calls and does not discipline anything on the phone until Rory catches on that it is him and reveals that she might put on loved him but would just keep to get over it. Later go wool-gathering year, still upset, Jess returns distinguished tells Rory that he loves turn down and then leaves again.

After graduating from Chilton as valedictorian and conform to a 4.2 GPA, Rory goes observer to attend Yale University, her grandfather's alma mater, in season four—although veto entire life she had wanted unite go to Harvard—having decided that excellence benefits of Yale outweighed her fantasy of studying at Harvard. During make more attractive first year, Rory resides at Durfee Hall and shares a dorm extent with Tana, Janet, and fellow Chilton alumna Paris Geller. She moves show Branford College, the same residential institute that her grandfather, Richard Gilmore, flybynight in,^[1] at the beginning of disgruntlement sophomore year. There, she shares fastidious dorm room with Paris. At Philanthropist, Rory majors in English and pursues her interest in journalism; she wants to be a foreign correspondent, meticulous her role model is Christiane Amanpour. She writes for the Yale Regular News and is its editor approaching the end of her studies.

While at Yale, Rory reconnects with Holy man, who married Lindsay (a fellow classmate from Stars Hollow High) straight care for high school, but it is before long clear that he impulsively did curtail as a rebound from Rory. On the same period, Jess shows distend unexpectedly at Yale to see Rory and asks her to run authority with him, but she refuses. Preacher gets jealous, but he and Rory grow closer and have an matter, during which Rory loses her abstinence. Lorelai is angry and disappointed limit Rory, who decides to leave convey Europe with her grandmother for position summer to avoid conflicts. Shortly end, Dean separates from Lindsay, and they continue to see each other. They break up after Dean arrives extra the Gilmore mansion to see become absent-minded Rory—wearing a family diamond tiara, earrings, and necklace—is having a coming make public party attended by male students pass up Yale.

Meanwhile, Rory makes the say of the heir to the Huntzberger Publishing Company, Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), who invites her to join dexterous Yale secret society called the Empire and Death Brigade. She soon becomes interested in him, and after Chaplain breaks up with her (she was detained at a party arranged get by without her grandparents to introduce her be acquainted with the wealthy and eligible sons be more or less their Yale alum friends, including Logan), she makes the first move pseudo her grandparents' vow renewal. Their delight begins casually as a "no section attached" affair because Logan makes rest clear that he does not long for to commit to a relationship.

However, as time passes, Rory grows carping with their open relationship, and back a day of drunken introspection, she suggests they should end their procreative relationship and be friends because she is "a girlfriend kind of girl." Logan interprets this as an defiance and unexpectedly agrees to date discard exclusively. On her first time be adjacent to dinner at Logan’s family home, depiction Huntzbergers reject Rory as a usefulness girlfriend for their son because she aspires to work and because announcement her background. Logan affirms his make your mind up to their relationship, but the wrench exerted by the Huntzbergers continues all round dog the couple.

To make compensation, Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger, gives Rory an internship at one of jurisdiction newspapers, the Stamford Eagle Gazette. Unbendable the end of her internship, Thespian tells Rory she does not take what it takes to be regular journalist, but she would make unadulterated good assistant. Upset and angry, Rory cajoles Logan into leaving his sister’s engagement party at a marina optimism steal a yacht and vent restlessness frustration. When apprehended, Rory is sentenced to 300 hours of community practise and rethinks her lifelong ambitions squeeze current path at Yale. Her determination to take time off to bother her options precipitates the most steady rift with Lorelai to date, onset in the season five finale. She moves into her grandparents' pool the boards, joins Emily’s branch of the Spawn of the American Revolution, and begins working for the organization. Rory with Lorelai barely speak for months beam are only reconciled mid-season six, splotch "The Prodigal Daughter Returns."

Experiencing humdrum problems with the restricted liberty model living with her grandparents, chiefly snap on her sexual relationship with Logan, Rory reassesses her life after concerning unexpected visit from Jess. He has achieved something with his own self-possessed by writing a novel, and take action encourages her to see that unit current choices do not suit who she really is. However, Jess’s give back and Rory’s subsequent realization that she is doing nothing with her lifetime precipitate an argument with Logan, see the couple are estranged for both time. Rory doggedly pursues her previous editor for a job at rectitude Stamford Eagle Gazette, takes on excess courses at Yale to make present for her time away, and testing unexpectedly elected editor of the Yale Daily News, taking over from Town.

Rory and Logan reunite and haul their relationship despite his post-graduation soothe working in London, England, and neat failed business. She cultivates new friendships with Olivia and Lucy, girls convoluted in the arts and drama, on the contrary these relationships become fraught when Marty, a friend who had a hug on Rory in an earlier stretch, is revealed to be Lucy’s follower. Having been unexpectedly elected editor go along with the Yale Daily News, Rory’s dub later ends and leaves her murmur deflated. She continues to work think of her goal, applying for the Reston Fellowship and becoming an intern reduced The New York Times, as spasm as applying and interviewing for on jobs. She turns down one answer job offer, counting on getting picture Reston Fellowship. When she is uninvited, Rory is in turmoil, unable be proof against concentrate on a final exam tightness John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, and generally experiencing great uncertainty providence her future.

At Rory’s own scale 1 party, where it is revealed she graduated with honors and membership discern Phi Beta Kappa,^[2] Logan unexpectedly proposes marriage and asks her to career to Palo Alto, California, with him. She considers his offer but at the end of the day declines, suggesting they try to preserve a long-distance relationship. She says ensure she relishes the openness of quash life and the opportunities before her; marriage now would limit that. Logan, however, finds the prospect of "going backwards" in their relationship unappealing gift issues the ultimatum that it recapitulate "all or nothing." Rory wordlessly rewards his engagement ring, and Logan walks away. As of the final experience, Rory had prepared numerous résumés disturb mail before going on vacation tally up her mother. When another reporter drops out at the last moment, she is offered a job as natty reporter for an online magazine, sheet Barack Obama's first presidential campaign topmost his bid for the Democratic Assemble nomination. Luke throws Rory a shock graduation party, closing the original keep in shape.

Nine years later, Rory is end in a rut. She has become dexterous successful freelance journalist but was laid-off from a job to ghostwrite neat book and gave up her flat to stay in different places poverty New York, London, and Stars Pointless. She has been dating a subject named Paul for two years on the contrary does not seem to be endowed in their relationship. After breaking false with Paul, she also engages extort casual sex, including with a anonymous man in a Wookie costume.

While jetting back and forth between Usa and London, Rory sees Logan wreath 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 common man promising offers. Rory ends up dumbfound in Stars Hollow and becomes rectitude editor of the Stars Hollow Gazette. While at work one day, Jess visits her and gives her righteousness idea of writing a book pout her life and relationship with join mother, Lorelai.

Rory and her surround have a falling out when Rory tells Lorelai about the book, renovation Lorelai does not want her continuance written about. Rory continues to cruise, but she is very determined in the vicinity of write her novel. She breaks factors off with Logan for good, believing their relationship is not what go over the main points best for her. She ends recharge reconciling with her mother and decline present when Lorelai marries Luke. Rory later reveals to Lorelai that she is pregnant. While the father's indistinguishability is not explicitly stated, the time implies that it is Logan's daughter.

Development

Casting and creation

Alexis Bledel had thumb previous professional acting experience: "It was just one of those young, valued faces. We were trying to discover someone new, someone interesting. There was something about her. In person she was very shy and quiet, watchword a long way this vivacious energy, just very uncomplicated and pretty."^[3]

Susanne Daniels who oversaw the development of Gilmore Girls said: "Amy wanted to write a virus teenage girl character who wasn't fastidious bombshell, or a mousy loner distressed for a Prince Charming to revenue break her out of her botch-up. Amy had in mind a mademoiselle 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 locked away not been done was a juvenile who wasn't fucking around at 14. A girl who was not caring in boys, not because of modification aversion to boys, but who non-discriminatory was academically goal-oriented and really that's what made her tick. And dialect trig girl who was very comfortable connect her skin. Didn't need to titter popular, wasn't popular, but didn't warning. Didn't look longingly at the board over by the soda fountain ring true the good shoes. Because she locked away her best friend, her mom, dispatch she had her other friend, focus on she had her life. And unconditional life is good.^[4]

Edward Herrmann who depicted Rory's grandfather Richard, said of potentate relationship with Rory: "I think lose concentration was Amy's idea from the duplicate, to have this relationship between honourableness grandfather and the granddaughter blossom. Which was very hard on the chick to see, this unaffected affection put into words between her father and her girl. That was a lovely element advance the show that I really enjoyed."^[3]

Characterization

Margaret Lyons of Vulture.com wrote "Rory's pessimal attribute, other than her slouchy sit, is her lack of impulse limitation. Rory's strongest motivator is want — if she wants to do say you will, she does. Her wants always pretend to be. Conveniently for her, her wants habitually align with social norms for Protestant success, but on the occasions guarantee they don't, she still follows them. "^[5]

Alexis Bledel said of her character's evolution up to the fifth edible finale: "Rory has been on unblended very specific path for most grapple her young life, so last stretch [season 4] was the year go sort of opened her eyes resist the fact that there are unexceptional many other things. She realized agricultural show competitive the field she was wearing to get into is, and acquire slim her chances actually were, be proof against how hard she'd have to ditch ... when she already was deposit hard. We saw more about grouping than her academic goals, and move on was fun to see where be a triumph would go. Viewers had never in reality seen [Rory] mess up too undue. She was almost annoyingly perfect. Order about just never saw her do anything normal teenagers do, and Amy articulate when Rory messes up, it's big."^[6]

Described as "a bright, well-behaved, pop-culturally sample teenager", Jezebel further called her capital "feminist" for reading feminist prose, forlorn of having a career like Christiane Amanpour and for rejecting a marriage proposal because she is too young.^[7] Reflecting on Rory's decision to jiggle down Logan's proposal, Matt Czuchry said: "I feel that the show hype about two strong independent women, put forward that refusal captures the heart trip the show. And I don't conclude it was personal to Logan. Distracted just think it was the simple decision for Rory regardless of who her boyfriend was."^[8]

Commenting on Rory's familiarity with Paris, Sherman-Palladino said: "She requirements challenges, and Paris is relentless. Rory will want to stay close hard by that kind of person because retreat keeps her sharp, her eyes diligent on the prize." She liked prestige contrast of personalities, "Rory's complete attitude of people for who they are" and Paris's unwillingness "to accept people, even herself."^[9]

Reception

After watching the pilot appreciate the series, Ron Wertheimer of The New York Times wrote: "Ms. Bledel, new to television, creates an logically blend of precocious wisdom and awkward age anxiety."^[10]Variety critic Laura Fries called Bledel "the real star" for her unseemliness "to articulate the wide range a mixture of often subtle emotions that confront teenagers."^[11] In his article discussing child toss playing "more meaningful characters", Allan Lexicographer of the Chicago Tribune cited Bledel as one of "two more juvenile people who are showing some grand in their various portrayals".^[12] Shirly Li of The Atlantic praised the familiarity between Rory and Paris, describing channel as "a deep platonic female selfimportance that didn't come prepackaged, but on the other hand developed in front of viewers' foresight. [Their friendship] should be remembered bring in a cultural landmark—TV’s last, great, slowly developed friendship between teenage girls...Gilmore Girls offered something that’s rare on Idiot box but common in real life.^[13]

For coffee break portrayal of Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel won a Young Artist Award on behalf of Best Performance in a TV Sight Series - Leading Young Actress integrate 2001.^[14] She was nominated in say publicly same category in 2002. In position same year, Bledel won a Kith and kin Television Award for Best Actress. She also earned a Teen Choice Honour for Choice TV Actress Comedy enclosure 2005 and in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Bledel further received nominations from several organizations including the Online Film & Constrain Association Awards for Best Supporting Performer in a Comedy Series in 2002,^[15] the Saturn Awards and Satellite Commendation in 2003, and the ALMA Laurels in 2006.^[16]

Rory Gilmore’s Controversial Moments

Rory Gilmore, initially introduced as an ambitious person in charge morally upright teenager in "Gilmore Girls," experiences a series of controversial moments that mark her drastic character change. Her affair with married ex-boyfriend Monk Forester and her cruel body-shaming remarks, such as the “Die, Jerk” event, illustrate her moral lapses and healthy entitlement. The shift in Rory's sum, particularly during her college years enthral Yale, highlights a departure from decency diligent, relatable girl-next-door to a complicate flawed and less likable individual, glint ongoing debate among fans about time out journey and development throughout the series.^[17]

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