The Well by Elizabeth Jolley and Relationship of Hester...

The Well by Elizabeth Jolley and Relationship of Hester and Katherine Hester Harper is a lonely, single lady in The Well. It was her loneliness, lack of love and need for companionship that made her bring Katherine home. She did not have a life of her own. Katherine was an unloved child, who had already been rejected by people in her country until she luckily met with Hester. Katherine formed a close relationship with Hester, and soon realised that Hester was quite fond of her. Katherine fulfilled all her requirements, and Hester believed that it is the beginning of a secure and loving relationship. Hester spoiled Katherine and made her life incredibly comfortable; she did not want to ever let go of her. Katherine was†¦show more content†¦You are also reminded, that Katherine’s past and true identity are still not revealed. Katherine influenced Hester enormously in many ways, and always had complete control of every situation. Hester always treated Katherine with a loving generosity. She was a submissive and repressed character and the obvious isolation from the world resulted in her gripping to the friendship of the young, full spirited Katherine. Hester did not want to lose Katherine, this was due to her past experience where Hester faced the fact that Miss Herzfeld, the governess whom she loved and thought she possessed had belonged all the time to her father. By facing this she also knew that when the time came she would also lose Katherine. Hester did not want that to happen, so she always bought new things for Katherine, â€Å"†¦I like you to have pretty things, especially if they are of good quality†. She thought that by buying things for Katherine she could convince her to stay. Hester soon decided to sell the farm, she planned to live off her capital and travel to the hotels in Europe with Katherine. She was tired of looking after the farm, and only wanted what was best for the both of them. Things changed when Hester’s money disappeared, and appeared to have been stolen by a man called Jacob, who Hester