Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Reading skills

     The book I'm currently reading is The List, by Siobhan Vivian. In my story 8 girls in high school are put on a list. One girl from each grade is picked as the ugliest. Another person from each grade is picked as the prettiest. The principal would like the girls to come together and find out who made the list and tries to encourage them to ignore the list and go against it. I predict that the girls voted as the prettiest won't try to help find the mastermind because they got an extra confidence boost. That person made them popular also making them feel special. I also predict that some of the girls who were voted the ugliest won't help either so they don't get even more hate.  They are most likely pretending that the list doesn't bother them, when it in fact does. I hope that at least half of the girls start to help track down the list maker and take them down. I am curious if the maker is on the list. The whole story would be turned around and surprise would be evident for the readers if it were. This story relates to the book Thirteen Reasons Why, because in that book the quandary that started it all was a paper that said Hannah Baker had the nicest butt in freshman class. That one paper changed her life forever and had major consequences just like how people started treating the ugly and pretty girls differently. This book relates to my life because one little thing a person does changes my outlook on them. If they do something very strange or disgusting I will have the urge to judge them. This relates to the world by everyone having certain points in their life where they feel major confidence or major sadness. Being labeled as "ugly" or "pretty" is a major issue that is still happening all around the world. If people start to believe these things they could change their whole life for the better or for the worse depending on the situation.

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