Mostly Good Girls
For Violet, it's junior year. It's high school and we all know what comes about because of a transition into high school. I'm talking about DRAMA. This book refers to all of the stress one may go through during high school. I believe that to get through the next four years of high school, I will need support to push myself to cope through all the ups and downs. So far, I know that Violet has a best friend. But, tides begin to change and now Violet is beginning to lose her. Katie is changing. Usually high school is when you find yourself. When you decide who you really want to become. But, Violet knows what she thinks is the real Katie.. but what if the person who she thought wasn't who she thought. She needed Katie. Katie was her savior during high school and she needed her to understand how to be 'someone' in high school.
We know that even though we may not want to think it, people do judge by a book's cover. So, they can judge you just by appearance and who you are seen with. But, I hope that later I can see a new theme or moral arise. I hope that this book teaches us that judging a book by it's cover can lead to you not being able to be in the circles of people who could have some of the greatest personalities. You don't know a person by what they appear to be, there is so much more inside a person than what they choose to show on the outside. So Violet, I hope has to learn this lesson. So, you know how in high school, you try to change yourself for others? Well, I assume that's what Katie plans to do. Katie has yet to learn that by becoming someone she's not, won't accomplish anything. From reading the inside flap, I know I am in for a surprise as to how much Violet sees Katie change. So far, I have gotten to the part in the book where she is seeing slight changes amongst her friend. I have also read the part where the author gives background knowledge about how she used to be. Before she changed. Well some change is good, but I think that the author has foreshadowed an inevitable downfall for the change that is about to come.
I predict that another lesson that the author will teach me and other readers, will be that changing yourself for others, may mean that you may lose the real you in the process. Why would you change yourself so that others would like you, when there will be someone that likes you for who you REALLY are. I know, you've probably heard someone tell you this multiple times. But, this book puts it into the teenage perspective. So, instead of having a parent or a teacher tell you to be yourself, you can really understand what might happen if you did change yourself. I haven't read the entire book, but this is what I expect the morals of the story to be. I juxtaposed this book with a typical high school career.
I have attached a link for a GoodReads post of Mostly Good Girls:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7775824-mostly-good-girls
For Violet, it's junior year. It's high school and we all know what comes about because of a transition into high school. I'm talking about DRAMA. This book refers to all of the stress one may go through during high school. I believe that to get through the next four years of high school, I will need support to push myself to cope through all the ups and downs. So far, I know that Violet has a best friend. But, tides begin to change and now Violet is beginning to lose her. Katie is changing. Usually high school is when you find yourself. When you decide who you really want to become. But, Violet knows what she thinks is the real Katie.. but what if the person who she thought wasn't who she thought. She needed Katie. Katie was her savior during high school and she needed her to understand how to be 'someone' in high school.
We know that even though we may not want to think it, people do judge by a book's cover. So, they can judge you just by appearance and who you are seen with. But, I hope that later I can see a new theme or moral arise. I hope that this book teaches us that judging a book by it's cover can lead to you not being able to be in the circles of people who could have some of the greatest personalities. You don't know a person by what they appear to be, there is so much more inside a person than what they choose to show on the outside. So Violet, I hope has to learn this lesson. So, you know how in high school, you try to change yourself for others? Well, I assume that's what Katie plans to do. Katie has yet to learn that by becoming someone she's not, won't accomplish anything. From reading the inside flap, I know I am in for a surprise as to how much Violet sees Katie change. So far, I have gotten to the part in the book where she is seeing slight changes amongst her friend. I have also read the part where the author gives background knowledge about how she used to be. Before she changed. Well some change is good, but I think that the author has foreshadowed an inevitable downfall for the change that is about to come.
I predict that another lesson that the author will teach me and other readers, will be that changing yourself for others, may mean that you may lose the real you in the process. Why would you change yourself so that others would like you, when there will be someone that likes you for who you REALLY are. I know, you've probably heard someone tell you this multiple times. But, this book puts it into the teenage perspective. So, instead of having a parent or a teacher tell you to be yourself, you can really understand what might happen if you did change yourself. I haven't read the entire book, but this is what I expect the morals of the story to be. I juxtaposed this book with a typical high school career.
I have attached a link for a GoodReads post of Mostly Good Girls:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7775824-mostly-good-girls
I agree with what you said about people still judging a book by its cover even if they don't want to. Many people do it. I really liked your prediction and I can see that happen in the book from what you said about it.
ReplyDeleteI liked your predictions about the morals of the book. I think Violet will learn a lesson about not judging a book by it's cover. It's a very strong lesson to learn in life, and specifically, a strong lesson to learn in high school.
ReplyDeleteI really like this blog post. I like how you mention that the author put it in a teenager's perspective. I really enjoy those books. You showed multiple lessons and thats what I like about your post. :)
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