Thursday, October 28, 2010

Is everyone who they seem to be?

         I am reading the book called When It happens. There is social action in this book about being a follower of the wrong people and clans. When you know that there are bad romodels around you, you have to be your own person. What will help you be your own person? What will lead you to be a follower? What will make you want to be like these people? These are the questions that stand out the most in the book.
         This book is about two people name Sara and Tobey, finding eachother by going through many other people. They think they like someone, but then they like someone else and then they finally find eachother. These people have gone through a lot in their past  including drugs and worse. Tobey is like a bad boy but Sara tranforms him into a better person and even though her problems aren't as bad as his, he helps her too. Before they meet I feel like they are followers and this can effect many people because some bad things and habbits can rub off on you. This has a lot to do with peer pressure.
         Peer pressure is a world wide problem. But to Sara and Tobey, their love changed this and Tobey flipped his personality. I think that people that read this book will know who to "follow" or hang out with or stay with. This is an example of social action because Sara tried to chage Tobey and she helped him. People who read this book will also know what to do when being peer pressured or know someone who is being peer pressured.
         The author is probably trying to get the point our there that, peer pressure is not a good sign and not to be a follower and to be your own person. This is not what the book is all about but it is a big issue and Sara takes action and tries to change Tobey into taking what he's got and making the best out of it and to make your own choices in life.
   

3 comments:

  1. Your post was very thoughtful and easy to read. I really liked this book before, and hopefully, so will you! Peer pressure is a common topic discussed in a lot of teenage books.

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  2. i agree with zarrin a lot of books deal with peer pressure. Yea we all say to stay true to yourself and not follow everybody else. but doing it and saying it are two different things.

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