boarding school is a summary of life in the boarding school. It aims at making students appropriate boarding life. boarding life, quiet alright, could be difficult and challenging, but if determined, one would excel academically and in other facet of life. It proves this adage right:- "life is not a bed of Roses, even if it is, roses have a thorns ". Shirley, the heroine of the novel didn't like boarding school, despite her parents persuasion. Did her dislike for boarding school continue? find out.