Fiona’s Comments (group member since Oct 25, 2016)

Fiona’s comments from the 833 Reading Responses group.

What motivates your character?
Area of improvement- analysis
In the realistic fiction novel by Stephanie Kate Strohm It’s Not Me, It’s You, Avery wanted to see why her many past relationships have failed. After coming to the realization that her relationships could’ve failed for many reasons, it motivated her to move on and not focus on the past. Avery Johnson is 17 years old and is a 12th grader at San Anselmo Prep, she was known for her dating history specifically not being the one broken up with. When she gets dumped for the first time, the whole school hears about it, this influenced her to have her oral history assignment focus on her past relationships. After interviewing each of her past relationships, she realizes she shouldn’t focus on the past and what others think. She says “But did I regret any of them? Not for a minute. They’d all changed me and made me who I am today. I’d learned something from each of my ex-boyfriends,”(253). This realization really motivated her to think positively about the whole experiment, interviewing her ex boyfriends may not have given her the answer she had hope. Rather than focusing on the fact that she didn’t get an answer on why they failed, she moved on and thought about what they taught her. She cut off her hair because she wanted change, it’s a new beginning. She didn’t want to be remember because she had long blonde hair or was always in a relationship. This caused her to do something she never imagined, kiss Hutch. Even though the idea of this was to forget about guy and relationships, he was more than that to her and she wasn’t going to resist just because her other relationships have failed. She was motivated to make changes and experience meaningful thing, this project made her come to that realization.

How does the secondary character impact the text?
In the fiction novel The sky is everywhere by Jandy Nelson, the secondary charrecters impact others views. they try and give a positive view of others which also impacted the readers views.
Lennie states, "... Paige Walker never bore any blame for leaving her children? I think about how,unbeknownst to us, Gram culled that blame for herself"(244). Gram influenced how Paige's daughters viewed her, they could have easily known the truth and think no more of her. But she wanted them to think she was still traveling and not have a negative view of someone who could possibly come back into her life. But as well as she didn't want blame to be placed on her because if she told them the full story when they were younger, because they might not forgive they're main caregiver. Even though Bailey didn't know the whole story before she died, it gave her hope of finding her mother and even though gram would've had to explain full truth to her I don't think it would influence they're relationship. But her goal of forming a relationship that wouldn't have worked with her mother.

QUESTION: How do the secondary characters impact the protagonist?
In the Kim Culdertson fiction book The Possibility Of Now, Mara is impacted by her mothers actions. Mara felt the need to please her mother but Mara found the courage to tell her mother she was pressuring her. Mara goes to high school at Ranfield which is very competitive and cause Mara to have an "incident", she wanted a change of scenery so she went to Tahoe. Her mother doesn't completely understand why she is leaving, because she's always thought this was her daughter she dream. While Mara felt suffocated. "You're upset because I might not want the life you designed for me. But that's just it. Im not some renovation project."(219) Her mom makes her feel like she has to be perfection which influences her to express the way she feels. Rather than just letting herself push down all her emotion she tells her mom that this isn't the enviorment she wants to be in. Tahoe made her come to the realization that education isn't everything and instead of just letting her life revolve around it and maybe causing her to have another "incident" she will confront her mother.