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Battle of Stars Hollow’s

Star-Crossed Lovers

By Margaret Larrigan ‘24

Dean Forester is tall, athletic, caring, and seemingly is a great match for the intel-
ligent and determined Rory Gilmore. The two are infatuated with each other and
quickly become Star’s Hollow’s most adored couple. Then, along comes Jess Maria-
no, the nephew of Luke Danes. His punk rock aura, dark features, and overall charm
intrigue Rory. Though she initially loathes Jess because of his bad boy attitude, he
eventually finds a place in Rory’s heart. With both boys in her life, she finds that she
needs to make a choice. Rory makes this decision using none other than a classic
Gilmore Girls pro and con list. I decided to make one as well, comparing the pros
and cons of Dean and Jess.

Jess

Pros Cons

Book lover Troublemaker
There is nothing Rory loves more than a good Jess never fails to live up to his punk status,
book. Rory and Jess initially bond over their always finding ways to rebel against the east
shared love of books. Together, they read coast Americana lifestyle that he despises.
such literary masterpieces as Shakespeare’s Whether it is skipping school, pulling the fire
Othello, Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, and alarm, stealing property from townspeople’s
more. Jess often annotates for Rory and re- lawns, or getting into fist fights, he always
plies to her personal comments in the mar- finds a way to disturb the peace.
gins.
Keeps Rory in check Lack of respect for the bro code
In the depths of Rory’s first reality check and Even while Rory and Dean were dating, he
life crisis, Jess is the one who pulls her out. still pursues Rory and tries to win her over.
During her younger years, many things come This causes conflict between Dean and Jess
easy to Rory. However, when she is told by and leads to both verbal and physical alterca-
a prominent newspaper owner that she just tions. He also takes advantage of a girl named
“doesn’t have it,” she falls apart. Soon after, Shane, getting together with her only to make
her confidence plummets so much that she Rory jealous.
drops out of Yale and moves into her grand-
parents’ pool house. Jess talks some sense
into Rory, leading her to re-enroll in Yale and
continue writing for The Yale Daily News.

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