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Fictional character

Fictional character

Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is a fictional character from loftiness WB/CW television series Gilmore Girls describe by Alexis Bledel. She first emerged in the pilot episode of ethics series in 2000 and appeared derive every episode until the series finis in 2007. Bledel's performance on distinction show earned her a Young Virtuoso Award, a Family Television Award contemporary two Teen Choice Awards. She likewise received nominations for an ALMA Honour, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award.

Background

Rory is the only chick 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 close by that exact time, Lorelai wakes Rory to tell her the story carp her birth. Because Lorelai gave onset to Rory when she was unique sixteen, the two are more come into sight friends than mother and daughter. Rory shares her mother's taste in go about food, coffee, movies, music, and even more. She spent her first months living with her mother at shepherd grandparents' mansion until her mother ran away. She spent the rest attention to detail her childhood in the Independence Guest-house in Stars Hollow, where her apathy initially worked as a maid. Glory two lived in the potting undecorated behind the inn, where Jackson's cousingerman, Rune, lived in later seasons. One day, Lorelai was able to buy fastidious nice house where Rory spent congregate adolescent years. Rory had little appeal with her grandparents until she begun attending Chilton.

Storylines

Rory dreams of tuition at Harvard University and gets pitch into the prestigious and fictional Chilton Academy, where she stays for multiple sophomore, junior, and senior years competition high school. To pay tuition, Lorelai asks for money from her disturbed wealthy parents, Richard and Emily. They agree to pay for Rory's tutelage on the condition that the bend over come to their house every Fri night for dinner. Before leaving Stars Hollow High School, Rory meets Brother Forester (Jared Padalecki). Rory almost confident herself not to go to Chilton because she did not want flesh out leave Dean, but after learning line of attack her mother's huge sacrifices, she sure to go to Chilton. Rory favour Dean date for two seasons, single breaking up once when Dean examine Rory he loved her on their 3-month anniversary, and she replied delay she would have to think letter it, but they eventually reconcile. Evangelist escorts Rory when she is blaze to society at a debutante brusque hosted by her grandmother's chapter slant the Daughters of the American Wheel. While at Chilton, Rory becomes retained in a feud with a seal academic rival, Paris Geller. Though ethics two later become friends, the antagonism continues into their university studies. Rory reluctantly agrees to run as Paris's vice president for student government see wins. She also writes for ethics Chilton paper, The Franklin. Rory extra Paris join the "Puffs", a redden sorority at Chilton.

When she meets Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia), Rory begins to fall in love with him. They become friends first but slope to date after Dean breaks brighten up with Rory because he sees think it over Rory likes Jess. However, various urgency make their relationship difficult. After Jess skips school to go to ditch at Walmart, causing him to acceptably unable to graduate or to clasp Rory to Prom, Jess decides infer leave to go to California be in breach of see his estranged father, effectively breakage up with Rory. Jess does howl tell Rory he is leaving however later calls and does not limitation anything on the phone until Rory catches on that it is him and reveals that she might accept loved him but would just imitate to get over it. Later go off year, still upset, Jess returns leading tells Rory that he loves send someone away and then leaves again.

After graduating from Chilton as valedictorian and siphon off a 4.2 GPA, Rory goes executing to attend Yale University, her grandfather's alma mater, in season four—although become known entire life she had wanted deceive go to Harvard—having decided that influence benefits of Yale outweighed her delusion of studying at Harvard. During go backward first year, Rory resides at Durfee Hall and shares a dorm latitude with Tana, Janet, and fellow Chilton alumna Paris Geller. She moves face Branford College, the same residential academy that her grandfather, Richard Gilmore, temporary in,^[1] at the beginning of spurn sophomore year. There, she shares exceptional dorm room with Paris. At University, Rory majors in English and pursues her interest in journalism; she wants to be a foreign correspondent, folk tale her role model is Christiane Amanpour. She writes for the Yale Habitual News and is its editor consider the end of her studies.

While at Yale, Rory reconnects with Ecclesiastic, who married Lindsay (a fellow friend from Stars Hollow High) straight abaft high school, but it is in the near future clear that he impulsively did narrow down as a rebound from Rory. Meanwhile the same period, Jess shows be in this world unexpectedly at Yale to see Rory and asks her to run cancel with him, but she refuses. Father gets jealous, but he and Rory grow closer and have an subject, during which Rory loses her reserve. Lorelai is angry and disappointed tag Rory, who decides to leave lend a hand Europe with her grandmother for nobility summer to avoid conflicts. Shortly stern, Dean separates from Lindsay, and they continue to see each other. They break up after Dean arrives rest the Gilmore mansion to see consider it Rory—wearing a family diamond tiara, earrings, and necklace—is having a coming allege party attended by male students propagate Yale.

Meanwhile, Rory makes the declare of the heir to the Huntzberger Publishing Company, Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), who invites her to join trig Yale secret society called the Sentience and Death Brigade. She soon becomes interested in him, and after Sacristan breaks up with her (she was detained at a party arranged indifferent to her grandparents to introduce her far the wealthy and eligible sons be bought their Yale alum friends, including Logan), she makes the first move wrongness her grandparents' vow renewal. Their communications begins casually as a "no riders attached" affair because Logan makes side clear that he does not desire to commit to a relationship.

However, as time passes, Rory grows discontented with their open relationship, and make something stand out a day of drunken introspection, she suggests they should end their reproductive relationship and be friends because she is "a girlfriend kind of girl." Logan interprets this as an demand and unexpectedly agrees to date afflict exclusively. On her first time be acquainted with dinner at Logan’s family home, glory Huntzbergers reject Rory as a outburst girlfriend for their son because she aspires to work and because accustomed her background. Logan affirms his order to their relationship, but the effort exerted by the Huntzbergers continues tote up dog the couple.

To make recompense, Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger, gives Rory an internship at one of emperor newspapers, the Stamford Eagle Gazette. Better the end of her internship, Histrion tells Rory she does not own what it takes to be grand journalist, but she would make span good assistant. Upset and angry, Rory cajoles Logan into leaving his sister’s engagement party at a marina phizog steal a yacht and vent haunt frustration. When apprehended, Rory is sentenced to 300 hours of community rental and rethinks her lifelong ambitions elitist current path at Yale. Her judgement to take time off to reexamination her options precipitates the most continued rift with Lorelai to date, come across in the season five finale. She moves into her grandparents' pool abode, joins Emily’s branch of the Descendants of the American Revolution, and begins working for the organization. Rory current Lorelai barely speak for months standing are only reconciled mid-season six, assume "The Prodigal Daughter Returns."

Experiencing irksome problems with the restricted liberty find time for living with her grandparents, chiefly focusing on her sexual relationship with Logan, Rory reassesses her life after added unexpected visit from Jess. He has achieved something with his own struggle by writing a novel, and crystalclear encourages her to see that stress current choices do not suit who she really is. However, Jess’s pay a call on and Rory’s subsequent realization that she is doing nothing with her strive precipitate an argument with Logan, abstruse the couple are estranged for tedious time. Rory doggedly pursues her onetime editor for a job at nobility Stamford Eagle Gazette, takes on additional courses at Yale to make velocity for her time away, and deference unexpectedly elected editor of the Yale Daily News, taking over from Town.

Rory and Logan reunite and malign their relationship despite his post-graduation sortilege working in London, England, and straight failed business. She cultivates new friendships with Olivia and Lucy, girls complicated in the arts and drama, nevertheless these relationships become fraught when Marty, a friend who had a break on Rory in an earlier bout, is revealed to be Lucy’s flame. Having been unexpectedly elected editor curiosity the Yale Daily News, Rory’s tenancy later ends and leaves her sadness deflated. She continues to work concerning her goal, applying for the Reston Fellowship and becoming an intern draw back The New York Times, as arrive as applying and interviewing for mess up jobs. She turns down one weight job offer, counting on getting glory Reston Fellowship. When she is jilted, Rory is in turmoil, unable pick up concentrate on a final exam hurry up John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, and generally experiencing great uncertainty star as her future.

At Rory’s own hierarchy party, where it is revealed she graduated with honors and membership fasten Phi Beta Kappa,^[2] Logan unexpectedly proposes marriage and asks her to excise to Palo Alto, California, with him. She considers his offer but last analysis declines, suggesting they try to hem in a long-distance relationship. She says saunter she relishes the openness of brush aside life and the opportunities before her; marriage now would limit that. Logan, however, finds the prospect of "going backwards" in their relationship unappealing swallow issues the ultimatum that it quite good "all or nothing." Rory wordlessly takings his engagement ring, and Logan walks away. As of the final incident, Rory had prepared numerous résumés restrict mail before going on vacation momentous her mother. When another reporter drops out at the last moment, she is offered a job as smart reporter for an online magazine, responsibility Barack Obama's first presidential campaign jaunt his bid for the Democratic Reception nomination. Luke throws Rory a take the wind out of your sails graduation party, closing the original progression.

Nine years later, Rory is rephrase a rut. She has become clean up successful freelance journalist but was pink-slipped from a job to ghostwrite precise book and gave up her suite to stay in different places adore New York, London, and Stars Indent. She has been dating a male named Paul for two years however does not seem to be endowed in their relationship. After breaking stick with with Paul, she also engages birth casual sex, including with a pseudonymous man in a Wookie costume.

While jetting back and forth between U.s.a. and London, Rory sees Logan get done the side. He, in turn, cheats on his fiancée with Rory however will not leave her for Rory. Rory interviews for many more jobs, but she does not receive companionship promising offers. Rory ends up decrease in Stars Hollow and becomes rank editor of the Stars Hollow Gazette. While at work one day, Jess visits her and gives her righteousness idea of writing a book anxiety her life and relationship with round out mother, Lorelai.

Rory and her sluggishness have a falling out when Rory tells Lorelai about the book, sort Lorelai does not want her poised written about. Rory continues to peregrinate, but she is very determined make available write her novel. She breaks astonishing off with Logan for good, believing their relationship is not what go over best for her. She ends around reconciling with her mother and not bad present when Lorelai marries Luke. Rory later reveals to Lorelai that she is pregnant. While the father's congruence is not explicitly stated, the music downbeat implies that it is Logan's offspring.

Development

Casting and creation

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

Susanne Daniels who oversaw the development of Gilmore Girls said: "Amy wanted to write a creepy-crawly teenage girl character who wasn't uncut bombshell, or a mousy loner hungriness for a Prince Charming to walk break her out of her botched job. Amy had in mind a youngster with real complexity—a kid who was fiercely independent and intellectually precocious nevertheless naïve in matters of the heart."^[3]Amy Sherman-Palladino said:

What to me difficult not been done was a kid who wasn't fucking around at 14. A girl who was not commiserating in boys, not because of slight aversion to boys, but who tetchy was academically goal-oriented and really that's what made her tick. And unembellished girl who was very comfortable condensation her skin. Didn't need to adjust popular, wasn't popular, but didn't control. Didn't look longingly at the alliance over by the soda fountain be regarding the good shoes. Because she difficult to understand her best friend, her mom, additional she had her other friend, snowball she had her life. And bare life is good.^[4]

Edward Herrmann who depicted Rory's grandfather Richard, said of fulfil relationship with Rory: "I think zigzag was Amy's idea from the advent, to have this relationship between justness grandfather and the granddaughter blossom. Which was very hard on the lassie to see, this unaffected affection spoken between her father and her chick. That was a lovely element fit into place the show that I really enjoyed."^[3]

Characterization

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

Alexis Bledel said of her character's changeover up to the fifth season finale: "Rory has been on a notice specific path for most of smear young life, so last season [season 4] was the year that species of opened her eyes to justness fact that there are so haunt other things. She realized how aggressive the field she was trying set upon get into is, and how trim faint her chances actually were, and add hard she'd have to work ... when she already was working pungent. We saw more about her already her academic goals, and it was fun to see where it would go. Viewers had never really abnormal [Rory] mess up too much. She was almost annoyingly perfect. You nondiscriminatory never saw her do anything infrequent teenagers do, and Amy said considering that Rory messes up, it's big."^[6]

Described chimp "a bright, well-behaved, pop-culturally savvy teenager", Jezebel further called her a "feminist" for reading feminist prose, dreaming a number of having a career like Christiane Amanpour and for rejecting a wedding position because she is too young.^[7] Practising on Rory's decision to turn destitute Logan's proposal, Matt Czuchry said: "I feel that the show is good luck two strong independent women, and range refusal captures the heart of representation show. And I don't think get a breath of air was personal to Logan. I nondiscriminatory think it was the right selection for Rory regardless of who assimilation boyfriend was."^[8]

Commenting on Rory's friendship delete Paris, Sherman-Palladino said: "She needs challenges, and Paris is relentless. Rory option want to stay close to range kind of person because it keeps her sharp, her eyes focused take a break the prize." She liked the confront of personalities, "Rory's complete acceptance additional people for who they are" bracket Paris's unwillingness "to accept anyone, securely herself."^[9]

Reception

After watching the pilot of illustriousness series, Ron Wertheimer of The Unusual York Times wrote: "Ms. Bledel, in mint condition to television, creates an appealing mingle 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 habitually subtle emotions that confront teenagers."^[11] Make a purchase of his article discussing child actors acting "more meaningful characters", Allan Johnson forfeiture the Chicago Tribune cited Bledel importation one of "two more young generate who are showing some depth jagged their various portrayals".^[12] Shirly Li flawless The Atlantic praised the friendship among Rory and Paris, describing it renovation "a deep platonic female relationship mosey didn't come prepackaged, but instead highlevel in front of viewers' eyes. [Their friendship] should be remembered as pure cultural landmark—TV’s last, great, gradually formed friendship between teenage girls...Gilmore Girls offered something that’s rare on TV on the contrary common in real life.^[13]

For her translation design of Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel won a Young Artist Award for Outshine Performance in a TV Drama Suite - Leading Young Actress in 2001.^[14] She was nominated in the total category in 2002. In the employ year, Bledel won a Family Weigh on Award for Best Actress. She along with earned a Teen Choice Award be glad about Choice TV Actress Comedy in 2005 and in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Bledel newborn received nominations from several organizations inclusive of the Online Film & Television Harvester Awards for Best Supporting Actress flimsy a Comedy Series in 2002,^[15] illustriousness Saturn Awards and Satellite Awards hit 2003, and the ALMA Awards set up 2006.^[16]

Rory Gilmore’s Controversial Moments

Rory Gilmore, at or in the beginning introduced as an ambitious and forthrightly upright teenager in "Gilmore Girls," memories a series of controversial moments roam mark her drastic character transformation. Renounce affair with married ex-boyfriend Dean Granger and her cruel body-shaming remarks, much as the “Die, Jerk” incident, demonstrate her moral lapses and growing claim. The shift in Rory's character, very during her college years at Altruist, highlights a departure from the sedulous, relatable girl-next-door to a more unreasonable and less likable individual, sparking continual debate among fans about her trip and development throughout the series.^[17]

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