Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Staying hurt

True To The Game by Terri Woods
pg 201-300

Do the character's experiences cause them to grow? If so, how?

In this book Gena has to go through change and doesn't want to accept it at first. When her bestfriend dies, she is hurt dramatically. She never thought her friend would die so soon. By this happening she learns that she is not the only one who has had a friend that has died. Growing up in a place were you have to worry if your going to wake up the next morning, is a scary feeling. When Gena bestfiend dies, she doesn't no what to do. That was the girl she went to with everything on her mind. She feels like she can't move on with her life because her best friend is gone. When she realizes that she is gone and not coming back, she has to grow up and move on with her life. By this experience happening she has to grow and learn that things happen, and that you could be at the wrong place at the wrong time. By Gena being weak at times, she realizes that it's only going to get worse if that is always on her mind.
By Gena being this weak will she grow to be maturer?

2 comments:

lil spivey said...

i felt this way before i lost a love one and i thought my life was gone to end i didnt know what to do. but ask me and my mother talked everyday it became easier day by day. i had finally realize that he was in a better place

Mr. Malley said...

Frederick Douglass said that there can be no progress without struggle. Sounds like this is akin to what your character is going through.