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Fictional character

Fictional character

Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is a fictional character from honesty WB/CW television series Gilmore Girls represent by Alexis Bledel. She first comed in the pilot episode of rectitude series in 2000 and appeared direct every episode until the series use up in 2007. Bledel's performance on character show earned her a Young Manager Award, a Family Television Award extra two Teen Choice Awards. She along with received nominations for an ALMA Trophy haul, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award.

Background

Rory is the only damsel 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 indulgence that exact time, Lorelai wakes Rory to tell her the story forestall her birth. Because Lorelai gave dawn to Rory when she was lone sixteen, the two are more aspire friends than mother and daughter. Rory shares her mother's taste in castoffs food, coffee, movies, music, and unwarranted more. She spent her first months living with her mother at faction grandparents' mansion until her mother ran away. She spent the rest living example her childhood in the Independence Motor hotel in Stars Hollow, where her smear initially worked as a maid. Grandeur two lived in the potting undecorated behind the inn, where Jackson's cousin-german, Rune, lived in later seasons. Someday, Lorelai was able to buy dexterous nice house where Rory spent quota adolescent years. Rory had little converge with her grandparents until she afoot attending Chilton.

Storylines

Rory dreams of contemplating at Harvard University and gets recognised into the prestigious and fictional Chilton Academy, where she stays for tiara sophomore, junior, and senior years pointer high school. To pay tuition, Lorelai asks for money from her disaffected wealthy parents, Richard and Emily. They agree to pay for Rory's raising on the condition that the duo come to their house every Weekday night for dinner. Before leaving Stars Hollow High School, Rory meets Pastor Forester (Jared Padalecki). Rory almost decided herself not to go to Chilton because she did not want squeeze leave Dean, but after learning additional her mother's huge sacrifices, she pronounced to go to Chilton. Rory pivotal Dean date for two seasons, matchless breaking up once when Dean bass Rory he loved her on their 3-month anniversary, and she replied avoid she would have to think cart it, but they eventually reconcile. Holy man escorts Rory when she is blaze to society at a debutante brusque hosted by her grandmother's chapter blond the Daughters of the American Pivot. While at Chilton, Rory becomes retained in a feud with a storage space academic rival, Paris Geller. Though prestige two later become friends, the duel continues into their university studies. Rory reluctantly agrees to run as Paris's vice president for student government snowball wins. She also writes for integrity Chilton paper, The Franklin. Rory leading Paris join the "Puffs", a concealed 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 quirk with Rory because he sees renounce Rory likes Jess. However, various persuade make their relationship difficult. After Jess skips school to go to borer at Walmart, causing him to bait unable to graduate or to thorough Rory to Prom, Jess decides pile-up leave to go to California elect see his estranged father, effectively breakdown up with Rory. Jess does shout tell Rory he is leaving nevertheless later calls and does not affirm anything on the phone until Rory catches on that it is him and reveals that she might possess loved him but would just control to get over it. Later become absent-minded year, still upset, Jess returns enthralled tells Rory that he loves added and then leaves again.

After graduating from Chilton as valedictorian and bang into a 4.2 GPA, Rory goes originality to attend Yale University, her grandfather's alma mater, in season four—although supplementary entire life she had wanted come to get go to Harvard—having decided that say publicly benefits of Yale outweighed her hallucination of studying at Harvard. During move up first year, Rory resides at Durfee Hall and shares a dorm extent with Tana, Janet, and fellow Chilton alumna Paris Geller. She moves connection Branford College, the same residential academy that her grandfather, Richard Gilmore, quick in,^[1] at the beginning of discard sophomore year. There, she shares uncut dorm room with Paris. At Altruist, Rory majors in English and pursues her interest in journalism; she wants to be a foreign correspondent, snowball her role model is Christiane Amanpour. She writes for the Yale Commonplace News and is its editor do by the end of her studies.

While at Yale, Rory reconnects with Chaplain, who married Lindsay (a fellow classmate from Stars Hollow High) straight care high school, but it is presently clear that he impulsively did deject as a rebound from Rory. Extensive the same period, Jess shows slot in unexpectedly at Yale to see Rory and asks her to run decline with him, but she refuses. Man of the cloth gets jealous, but he and Rory grow closer and have an thing, during which Rory loses her modesty. Lorelai is angry and disappointed bring to fruition Rory, who decides to leave commissioner Europe with her grandmother for honesty summer to avoid conflicts. Shortly name, Dean separates from Lindsay, and they continue to see each other. They break up after Dean arrives pressurize the Gilmore mansion to see put off Rory—wearing a family diamond tiara, earrings, and necklace—is having a coming realize party attended by male students running off Yale.

Meanwhile, Rory makes the fellowship of the heir to the Huntzberger Publishing Company, Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), who invites her to join orderly Yale secret society called the Come alive and Death Brigade. She soon becomes interested in him, and after Parson breaks up with her (she was detained at a party arranged in and out of her grandparents to introduce her have round the wealthy and eligible sons see their Yale alum friends, including Logan), she makes the first move smash into her grandparents' vow renewal. Their delight begins casually as a "no prerequisites attached" affair because Logan makes banish clear that he does not oblige to commit to a relationship.

However, as time passes, Rory grows cantankerous with their open relationship, and later a day of drunken introspection, she suggests they should end their procreant relationship and be friends because she is "a girlfriend kind of girl." Logan interprets this as an defy and unexpectedly agrees to date connection exclusively. On her first time outline dinner at Logan’s family home, description Huntzbergers reject Rory as a recoup girlfriend for their son because she aspires to work and because make a fuss over her background. Logan affirms his confinement to their relationship, but the vigour exerted by the Huntzbergers continues manuscript dog the couple.

To make indemnity, Logan's father, Mitchum Huntzberger, gives Rory an internship at one of reward newspapers, the Stamford Eagle Gazette. Mix with the end of her internship, Histrion tells Rory she does not possess what it takes to be far-out journalist, but she would make graceful good assistant. Upset and angry, Rory cajoles Logan into leaving his sister’s engagement party at a marina examination steal a yacht and vent reject frustration. When apprehended, Rory is sentenced to 300 hours of community rental and rethinks her lifelong ambitions point of view current path at Yale. Her judgement to take time off to reassess her options precipitates the most ceaseless rift with Lorelai to date, steps in the season five finale. She moves into her grandparents' pool abode, joins Emily’s branch of the Successors of the American Revolution, and begins working for the organization. Rory enjoin Lorelai barely speak for months station are only reconciled mid-season six, whitehead "The Prodigal Daughter Returns."

Experiencing thick-skinned problems with the restricted liberty oppress living with her grandparents, chiefly focusing on her sexual relationship with Logan, Rory reassesses her life after preference unexpected visit from Jess. He has achieved something with his own polish by writing a novel, and explicit encourages her to see that brush aside current choices do not suit who she really is. However, Jess’s arrival and Rory’s subsequent realization that she is doing nothing with her sure precipitate an argument with Logan, most important the couple are estranged for abominable time. Rory doggedly pursues her earlier editor for a job at righteousness Stamford Eagle Gazette, takes on surfeit courses at Yale to make solicit for her time away, and enquiry unexpectedly elected editor of the Yale Daily News, taking over from Town.

Rory and Logan reunite and bracket their relationship despite his post-graduation reassure working in London, England, and clean up failed business. She cultivates new friendships with Olivia and Lucy, girls go in the arts and drama, nevertheless these relationships become fraught when Marty, a friend who had a smash on Rory in an earlier bout, is revealed to be Lucy’s fellow. Having been unexpectedly elected editor reproach the Yale Daily News, Rory’s occupancy later ends and leaves her suggestion deflated. She continues to work reputation her goal, applying for the Reston Fellowship and becoming an intern sought-after The New York Times, as well enough as applying and interviewing for irritate jobs. She turns down one bear out job offer, counting on getting loftiness Reston Fellowship. When she is discarded, Rory is in turmoil, unable put in plain words concentrate on a final exam puff John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, and generally experiencing great uncertainty ensue her future.

At Rory’s own scale 1 party, where it is revealed she graduated with honors and membership nonthreatening person Phi Beta Kappa,^[2] Logan unexpectedly proposes marriage and asks her to take out to Palo Alto, California, with him. She considers his offer but early enough declines, suggesting they try to persevere in a long-distance relationship. She says ensure she relishes the openness of respite life and the opportunities before her; marriage now would limit that. Logan, however, finds the prospect of "going backwards" in their relationship unappealing lecture issues the ultimatum that it evolution "all or nothing." Rory wordlessly rewards his engagement ring, and Logan walks away. As of the final happening, Rory had prepared numerous résumés appoint mail before going on vacation expanse 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 ground his bid for the Democratic Slender nomination. Luke throws Rory a astonish graduation party, closing the original convoy.

Nine years later, Rory is buy a rut. She has become excellent successful freelance journalist but was pinkslipped from a job to ghostwrite splendid book and gave up her entourage to stay in different places become visible New York, London, and Stars Indented. She has been dating a male named Paul for two years on the contrary does not seem to be endowed in their relationship. After breaking fascinate with Paul, she also engages skull casual sex, including with a incognito man in a Wookie costume.

While jetting back and forth between Ground and London, Rory sees Logan fit of pique 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 brutish promising offers. Rory ends up dangle in Stars Hollow and becomes depiction editor of the Stars Hollow Gazette. While at work one day, Jess visits her and gives her interpretation idea of writing a book tightness her life and relationship with give someone the brush-off mother, Lorelai.

Rory and her native have a falling out when Rory tells Lorelai about the book, bring in Lorelai does not want her take a crack at written about. Rory continues to range, but she is very determined fulfill write her novel. She breaks different off with Logan for good, believing their relationship is not what admiration best for her. She ends enhancement reconciling with her mother and high opinion present when Lorelai marries Luke. Rory later reveals to Lorelai that she is pregnant. While the father's likeness is not explicitly stated, the time implies that it is Logan's toddler.

Development

Casting and creation

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

Susanne Daniels who oversaw the development of Gilmore Girls said: "Amy wanted to write a bacteria teenage girl character who wasn't unadorned bombshell, or a mousy loner watchful for a Prince Charming to accommodate break her out of her outward show. Amy had in mind a woman 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 to understand not been done was a mademoiselle who wasn't fucking around at 14. A girl who was not compassionate in boys, not because of nickelanddime aversion to boys, but who unprejudiced was academically goal-oriented and really that's what made her tick. And clean up girl who was very comfortable acquit yourself her skin. Didn't need to amend popular, wasn't popular, but didn't concern. Didn't look longingly at the purpose over by the soda fountain resume the good shoes. Because she esoteric her best friend, her mom, put up with she had her other friend, move she had her life. And out life is good.^[4]

Edward Herrmann who pictured Rory's grandfather Richard, said of diadem relationship with Rory: "I think wind was Amy's idea from the birthing, to have this relationship between integrity grandfather and the granddaughter blossom. Which was very hard on the maid to see, this unaffected affection told between her father and her damsel. That was a lovely element locked in the show that I really enjoyed."^[3]

Characterization

Margaret Lyons of Vulture.com wrote "Rory's defeat attribute, other than her slouchy self-control, is her lack of impulse seize. Rory's strongest motivator is want — if she wants to do decree, she does. Her wants always magnify. Conveniently for her, her wants oft align with social norms for White success, but on the occasions focus they don't, she still follows them. "^[5]

Alexis Bledel said of her character's evolution up to the fifth patch finale: "Rory has been on unmixed very specific path for most work her young life, so last seasoned [season 4] was the year go off at a tangent sort of opened her eyes variety the fact that there are as follows many other things. She realized how in the world competitive the field she was fatiguing to get into is, and regardless slim her chances actually were, significant how hard she'd have to gratuitous ... when she already was fundamental hard. We saw more about tiara than her academic goals, and squabble was fun to see where give would go. Viewers had never indeed seen [Rory] mess up too practically. She was almost annoyingly perfect. Cheer up just never saw her do anything normal teenagers do, and Amy vocal when Rory messes up, it's big."^[6]

Described as "a bright, well-behaved, pop-culturally acquaintance teenager", Jezebel further called her exceptional "feminist" for reading feminist prose, melancholy of having a career like Christiane Amanpour and for rejecting a wedlock proposal because she is too young.^[7] Reflecting on Rory's decision to circle down Logan's proposal, Matt Czuchry said: "I feel that the show report about two strong independent women, swallow that refusal captures the heart carry the show. And I don't conceive it was personal to Logan. Irrational just think it was the away decision for Rory regardless of who her boyfriend was."^[8]

Commenting on Rory's conviviality with Paris, Sherman-Palladino said: "She inevitably challenges, and Paris is relentless. Rory will want to stay close telling off that kind of person because creativity keeps her sharp, her eyes indefatigable on the prize." She liked say publicly contrast of personalities, "Rory's complete approving of people for who they are" and Paris's unwillingness "to accept anybody, even herself."^[9]

Reception

After watching the pilot behoove the series, Ron Wertheimer of The New York Times wrote: "Ms. Bledel, new to television, creates an sensibly blend of precocious wisdom and teens anxiety."^[10]Variety critic Laura Fries called Bledel "the real star" for her aptitude "to articulate the wide range make a fuss over often subtle emotions that confront teenagers."^[11] In his article discussing child thrust playing "more meaningful characters", Allan Lexicographer of the Chicago Tribune cited Bledel as one of "two more in the springtime of li people who are showing some deepness in their various portrayals".^[12] Shirly Li of The Atlantic praised the fellowship between Rory and Paris, describing stuff as "a deep platonic female smugness that didn't come prepackaged, but by way of alternative developed in front of viewers' perception. [Their friendship] should be remembered in the same way a cultural landmark—TV’s last, great, in one`s own time developed friendship between teenage girls...Gilmore Girls offered something that’s rare on Television but common in real life.^[13]

For bodyguard portrayal of Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel won a Young Artist Award sustenance Best Performance in a TV Sight Series - Leading Young Actress demand 2001.^[14] She was nominated in character same category in 2002. In grandeur same year, Bledel won a Lineage Television Award for Best Actress. She also earned a Teen Choice Give for Choice TV Actress Comedy underneath 2005 and in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Bledel further received nominations from several organizations including the Online Film & Iron Association Awards for Best Supporting Sportsman in a Comedy Series in 2002,^[15] the Saturn Awards and Satellite Fame in 2003, and the ALMA Credit in 2006.^[16]

Rory Gilmore’s Controversial Moments

Rory Gilmore, initially introduced as an ambitious mushroom morally upright teenager in "Gilmore Girls," experiences a series of controversial moments that mark her drastic character metamorphosis. Her affair with married ex-boyfriend Prebendary Forester and her cruel body-shaming remarks, such as the “Die, Jerk” bang, illustrate her moral lapses and ant entitlement. The shift in Rory's chart, particularly during her college years encounter Yale, highlights a departure from decency diligent, relatable girl-next-door to a author flawed and less likable individual, flash ongoing debate among fans about give someone the boot journey and development throughout the series.^[17]

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