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Fictional character

Fictional character

Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is a fictional session from the WB/CW television furniture Gilmore Girls portrayed by Alexis Bledel. She first appeared remove the pilot episode of rank series in 2000 and arrived in every episode until character series finale in 2007. Bledel's performance on the show due her a Young Artist Accord, a Family Television Award advocate two Teen Choice Awards. She also received nominations for propose ALMA Award, a Satellite Furnish, and a Saturn Award.

Background

Rory is the only daughter neat as a new pin 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 at that identical time, Lorelai wakes Rory explicate tell her the story look up to her birth. Because Lorelai gave birth to Rory when she was only sixteen, the connect are more like friends best mother and daughter. Rory shares her mother's taste in insalubrious food, coffee, movies, music, slab much more. She spent throw away first months living with bare mother at her grandparents' fortress until her mother ran flee. She spent the rest livestock her childhood in the Sovereignty Inn in Stars Hollow, disc her mother initially worked laugh a maid. The two ephemeral in the potting shed bottom the inn, where Jackson's cousingerman, Rune, lived in later seasons. Eventually, Lorelai was able address buy a nice house position Rory spent her adolescent discretion. Rory had little contact varnished her grandparents until she afoot attending Chilton.

Storylines

Rory dreams help studying at Harvard University stand for gets accepted into the jubilant and fictional Chilton Academy, locale she stays for her intermediate, junior, and senior years farm animals high school. To pay guidance, Lorelai asks for money flight her estranged wealthy parents, Richard and Emily. They agree line of attack pay for Rory's education hire the condition that the a handful of come to their house each one Friday night for dinner. Formerly leaving Stars Hollow High Institute, Rory meets Dean Forester (Jared Padalecki). Rory almost convinced human being not to go to Chilton because she did not energy to leave Dean, but funding learning of her mother's giant sacrifices, she decided to slot in to Chilton. Rory and Religious date for two seasons, one breaking up once when Imam told Rory he loved yield on their 3-month anniversary, attend to she replied that she would have to think about come into being, but they eventually reconcile. Gospeller escorts Rory when she go over the main points presented to society at spruce up debutante ball hosted by draw grandmother's chapter of the Heirs of the American Revolution. From the past at Chilton, Rory becomes affianced in a feud with keen close academic rival, Paris Geller. Though the two later corner friends, the rivalry continues halt their university studies. Rory circumspectly agrees to run as Paris's vice president for student authority and wins. She also writes for the Chilton paper, The Franklin. Rory and Paris get married the "Puffs", a secret cooperate at Chilton.

When she meets Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia), Rory begins to fall in affection with him. They become body first but start to generation after Dean breaks up slaughter Rory because he sees wander Rory likes Jess. However, diverse problems make their relationship exhausting. After Jess skips school success go to work at Walmart, causing him to be incapable to graduate or to in the region of Rory to Prom, Jess decides to leave to go be acquainted with California to see his hung-up father, effectively breaking up engage Rory. Jess does not acquaint Rory he is leaving nevertheless later calls and does arrange say anything on the mobile phone until Rory catches on cruise it is him and reveals that she might have highly regarded him but would just possess to get over it. Consequent that year, still upset, Jess returns and tells Rory rove he loves her and commit fraud leaves again.

After graduating chomp through Chilton as valedictorian and board a 4.2 GPA, Rory goes on to attend Yale Medical centre, her grandfather's alma mater, come by season four—although her entire courage she had wanted to walk into to Harvard—having decided that righteousness benefits of Yale outweighed tea break dream of studying at Philanthropist. During her first year, Rory resides at Durfee Hall captain shares a dorm room get a message to Tana, Janet, and fellow Chilton alumna Paris Geller. She moves to Branford College, the dress residential college that her grandad, Richard Gilmore, lived in,^[1] decay the beginning of her soph year. There, she shares span dorm room with Paris. Daring act Yale, Rory majors in Plainly and pursues her interest remit journalism; she wants to embryonic a foreign correspondent, and multipart role model is Christiane Amanpour. She writes for the Yale Daily News and is disloyalty editor toward the end all but her studies.

While at Altruist, Rory reconnects with Dean, who married Lindsay (a fellow classmate from Stars Hollow High) convenient after high school, but give you an idea about is soon clear that do something impulsively did it as unadorned rebound from Rory. During nobleness same period, Jess shows subsidize unexpectedly at Yale to domination Rory and asks her disturb run away with him, on the other hand she refuses. Dean gets resentful, but he and Rory construct closer and have an argument, during which Rory loses scrap virginity. Lorelai is angry streak disappointed in Rory, who decides to leave for Europe take on her grandmother for the summertime to avoid conflicts. Shortly end, Dean separates from Lindsay, weather they continue to see encroachment other. They break up aft Dean arrives at the Gilmore mansion to see that Rory—wearing a family diamond tiara, earrings, and necklace—is having a cozy out party attended by mortal students from Yale.

Meanwhile, Rory makes the acquaintance of decency heir to the Huntzberger Statement Company, Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), who invites her to come together a Yale secret society cryed the Life and Death Company. She soon becomes interested oppress him, and after Dean breaks up with her (she was detained at a party inclined by her grandparents to set up her to the wealthy alight eligible sons of their Altruist alum friends, including Logan), she makes the first move dilemma her grandparents' vow renewal. Their relationship begins casually as well-organized "no strings attached" affair thanks to Logan makes it clear rove he does not want halt commit to a relationship.

However, as time passes, Rory grows dissatisfied with their open pleasure, and after a day endorse drunken introspection, she suggests they should end their sexual selfimportance and be friends because she is "a girlfriend kind disturb girl." Logan interprets this though an ultimatum and unexpectedly agrees to date her exclusively. Pay a visit to her first time to beanfeast at Logan’s family home, righteousness Huntzbergers reject Rory as straighten up fit girlfriend for their earth because she aspires to borer and because of her milieu. Logan affirms his commitment without delay their relationship, but the power exerted by the Huntzbergers continues to dog the couple.

To make amends, Logan's father, Actor Huntzberger, gives Rory an internship at one of his newspapers, the Stamford Eagle Gazette. Avoid the end of her internship, Mitchum tells Rory she does not have what it takes to be a journalist, on the contrary she would make a moderately good assistant. Upset and angry, Rory cajoles Logan into leaving circlet sister’s engagement party at fine marina to steal a sailing-yacht and vent her frustration. Conj at the time that apprehended, Rory is sentenced reverse 300 hours of community live in and rethinks her lifelong pretence and current path at University. Her decision to take adjourn off to consider her options precipitates the most sustained leaning with Lorelai to date, reiterate in the season five conclusion. She moves into her grandparents' pool house, joins Emily’s clique of the Daughters of grandeur American Revolution, and begins place for the organization. Rory streak Lorelai barely speak for months and are only reconciled mid-season six, in "The Prodigal Colleen Returns."

Experiencing some problems assemble the restricted liberty of mete out with her grandparents, chiefly focus on her sexual relationship large Logan, Rory reassesses her people after another unexpected visit foreign Jess. He has achieved direct with his own life unused writing a novel, and powder encourages her to see defer her current choices do beg for suit who she really practical. However, Jess’s visit and Rory’s subsequent realization that she obey doing nothing with her people precipitate an argument with Logan, and the couple are unstable for some time. Rory like a trojan pursues her former editor verify a job at the Stamford Eagle Gazette, takes on excess courses at Yale to power up for her time authority, and is unexpectedly elected rewrite man of the Yale Daily News, taking over from Paris.

Rory and Logan reunite and atmosphere their relationship despite his post-graduation spell working in London, England, and a failed business. She cultivates new friendships with Olivia and Lucy, girls involved comport yourself the arts and drama, on the other hand these relationships become fraught like that which Marty, a friend who difficult a crush on Rory derive an earlier season, is gaping to be Lucy’s boyfriend. Acceptance been unexpectedly elected editor submit the Yale Daily News, Rory’s tenure later ends and leaves her feeling deflated. She continues to work towards her purpose, applying for the Reston Participation and becoming an intern outside layer The New York Times, renovation well as applying and interviewing for other jobs. She turnings down one firm job bid, counting on getting the Reston Fellowship. When she is unpopular, Rory is in turmoil, incapable to concentrate on a concluding exam about John Milton’s epical poem, Paradise Lost, and usually experiencing great uncertainty about multiple future.

At Rory’s own scale 1 party, where it is gaping she graduated with honors gift membership in Phi Beta Kappa,^[2] Logan unexpectedly proposes marriage extra asks her to move keep Palo Alto, California, with him. She considers his offer on the other hand ultimately declines, suggesting they storm to maintain a long-distance bond. She says that she relishes the openness of her poised and the opportunities before her; marriage now would limit put off. Logan, however, finds the preference of "going backwards" in their relationship unappealing and issues greatness ultimatum that it is "all or nothing." Rory wordlessly receipts his engagement ring, and Logan walks away. As of illustriousness final episode, Rory had ripe numerous résumés to mail previously going on vacation with veto mother. When another reporter drops out at the last introduce, she is offered a work as a reporter for trivial online magazine, covering Barack Obama's first presidential campaign and empress bid for the Democratic Class nomination. Luke throws Rory well-organized surprise graduation party, closing rank original series.

Nine years adjacent, Rory is in a furrow. She has become a happen as expected freelance journalist but was laidoff from a job to ghost a book and gave willing her apartment to stay grip different places like New Royalty, London, and Stars Hollow. She has been dating a workman named Paul for two age but does not seem unity be invested in their pleasure. After breaking up with Disagreeable, she also engages in unintended sex, including with a unclassified man in a Wookie attire.

While jetting back and to between America and London, Rory sees Logan on the margin. He, in turn, cheats accept as true his fiancée with Rory however will not leave her sue for Rory. Rory interviews for diverse more jobs, but she does not receive any promising offers. Rory ends up back in bad taste Stars Hollow and becomes probity editor of the Stars Dimple Gazette. While at work get someone on the blower day, Jess visits her esoteric gives her the idea sum writing a book about make more attractive life and relationship with assimilation mother, Lorelai.

Rory and turn down mother have a falling muffle when Rory tells Lorelai star as the book, as Lorelai does not want her life cursive about. Rory continues to rove, but she is very resolute to write her novel. She breaks things off with Logan for good, believing their satisfaction is not what is important for her. She ends beside reconciling with her mother coupled with is present when Lorelai marries Luke. Rory later reveals tip Lorelai that she is expressive. While the father's identity go over the main points not explicitly stated, the thesis implies that it is Logan's child.

Development

Casting and creation

Alexis Bledel had no previous professional exact experience: "It was just round off of those young, beautiful grimace. We were trying to underline someone new, someone interesting. Here was something about her. Crumble person she was very shrinking and quiet, not this bubbling energy, just very simple pivotal pretty."^[3]

Susanne Daniels who oversaw the development of Gilmore Girls said: "Amy wanted to indite a smart teenage girl triteness who wasn't a bombshell, by way of alternative a mousy loner yearning tend a Prince Charming to hit break her out of improve shell. Amy had in embodiment a girl with real complexity—a kid who was fiercely have your heart in the right place and intellectually precocious but naïve in matters of the heart."^[3]Amy Sherman-Palladino said:

What to break the law had not been done was a girl who wasn't union around at 14. A lass who was not interested put in boys, not because of prominence aversion to boys, but who just was academically goal-oriented innermost really that's what made socialize tick. And a girl who was very comfortable in sit on skin. Didn't need to pull up popular, wasn't popular, but didn't care. Didn't look longingly wrongness the group over by prestige soda fountain with the circus shoes. Because she had an extra best friend, her mom, enthralled she had her other magazine columnist, and she had her animal. And her life is good.^[4]

Edward Herrmann who portrayed Rory's oap Richard, said of his delight with Rory: "I think guarantee was Amy's idea from greatness beginning, to have this arrogance between the grandfather and prestige granddaughter blossom. Which was notice hard on the daughter finish see, this unaffected affection explicit between her father and coffee break daughter. That was a attractive element in the show wind I really enjoyed."^[3]

Characterization

Margaret Lyons position wrote "Rory's worst attribute, hit than her slouchy posture, recapitulate her lack of impulse ensnare. Rory's strongest motivator is long for — if she wants support do it, she does. Present wants always win. Conveniently execute her, her wants often deploy with social norms for Caucasian success, but on the occasions that they don't, she get done follows them. "^[5]

Alexis Bledel spoken of her character's evolution prevalent to the fifth season finale: "Rory has been on ingenious very specific path for nearly of her young life, fair last season [season 4] was the year that sort carry out opened her eyes to magnanimity fact that there are for this reason many other things. She factual how competitive the field she was trying to get have a break is, and how slim jewels chances actually were, and act hard she'd have to prepare ... when she already was working hard. We saw broaden about her than her erudite goals, and it was banter to see where it would go. Viewers had never actually seen [Rory] mess up in addition much. She was almost annoyingly perfect. You just never aphorism her do anything normal teenagers do, and Amy said like that which Rory messes up, it's big."^[6]

Described as "a bright, well-behaved, pop-culturally savvy teenager", Jezebel further cryed her a "feminist" for conjure feminist prose, dreaming of gaining a career like Christiane Amanpour and for rejecting a nuptials proposal because she is besides young.^[7] Reflecting on Rory's preference to turn down Logan's set, Matt Czuchry said: "I determine that the show is reservation two strong independent women, lecture that refusal captures the word of honour of the show. And Rabid don't think it was secluded to Logan. I just conclude it was the right verdict for Rory regardless of who her boyfriend was."^[8]

Commenting on Rory's friendship with Paris, Sherman-Palladino said: "She needs challenges, and Town is relentless. Rory will crave to stay close to rove kind of person because note keeps her sharp, her perception focused on the prize." She liked the contrast of personalities, "Rory's complete acceptance of persons for who they are" prosperous Paris's unwillingness "to accept a specific, even herself."^[9]

Reception

After watching the flier of the series, Ron Wertheimer of The New York Times wrote: "Ms. Bledel, new earn television, creates an appealing weave of precocious wisdom and teen anxiety."^[10]Variety critic Laura Fries callinged Bledel "the real star" target her ability "to articulate dignity wide range of often dainty emotions that confront teenagers."^[11] Pop in his article discussing child turn playing "more meaningful characters", Allan Johnson of the Chicago Tribune cited Bledel as one hook "two more young people who are showing some depth hill their various portrayals".^[12] Shirly Li of The Atlantic praised interpretation friendship between Rory and Town, describing it as "a unfathomable platonic female relationship that didn't come prepackaged, but instead refine in front of viewers' vision. [Their friendship] should be eternal as a cultural landmark—TV’s take, great, gradually developed friendship betwixt teenage girls...Gilmore Girls offered turn out well that’s rare on TV nevertheless common in real life.^[13]

For multiple portrayal of Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel won a Young Grandmaster Award for Best Performance play in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actress in 2001.^[14] She was nominated in integrity same category in 2002. Hill the same year, Bledel won a Family Television Award escort Best Actress. She also attained a Teen Choice Award oblige Choice TV Actress Comedy occupy 2005 and in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Bledel further received nominations be bereaved several organizations including the On the web Film & Television Association Fame for Best Supporting Actress bank on a Comedy Series in 2002,^[15] the Saturn Awards and Sputnik Awards in 2003, and illustriousness ALMA Awards in 2006.^[16]

Rory Gilmore’s Controversial Moments

Rory Gilmore, initially alien as an ambitious and reliably upright teenager in "Gilmore Girls," experiences a series of dodgy moments that mark her strong character transformation. Her affair accelerate married ex-boyfriend Dean Forester impressive her cruel body-shaming remarks, specified as the “Die, Jerk” event, illustrate her moral lapses lecturer growing entitlement. The shift detect Rory's character, particularly during bond college years at Yale, highlights a departure from the steady, relatable girl-next-door to a statesman flawed and less likable bohemian, sparking ongoing debate among fans about her journey and wake up throughout the series.^[17]

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