For those we love: I See You Everywhere

Title: I see you Everywhere

Author: Julia Glass

Date of Pub.: 2004

Publisher: Pantheon Books

      Louisa Jardine is the older sister. She is careful, exact and wants a good marriage with kids. Her sister Clem is the rebel. She is uncontainable, individualistic, and committed to her work but not so much committed to men who find her interesting. Moving back and forth into homes, the sisters begin to become closer. The real life conflicts like envy are shown from each point of view also. For example, coming from Louisas point of view, Clem has a gift of making people trust her and feel sympathy for her.

      Giving the point of view of both sisters, Glass gives vivid details of how the two sisters become so close while moving so far apart. Louisa ends up lives in New York and Clem moves to the Rocky Mountains. Like most sisters, they don't get along a lot of the time and sometimes they also envy each other, but at the end of the day they need each other.

Quote: "descending on an open-air stairway to the bright hot roar of an airfield, makes me feel significant, like a queen" (Glass 230)

This quote shows how Louisa has grown. The events in her life have changed her. Like after being in the hospital for so long, have changed her point of view on things. After being taken away from nature she is now grateful for simple things and can now see the smaller things more clearly. For example, nature is more beautiful to her when before material things were more important.

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The Struggle to Fit In: Everything Sucks

Title: Everything Sucks
Author: Hanna Friedman
Date of Publication: 2009
Publisher:Health Communication inc.

   Like most children Hanna Friedman seem to not appreciate much. She doesn't like home, school or even being on tour with her family. Through out this novel Hanna is growing up and still learning. She had a hard time fitting in. She always think her family isn't "normal" enough. In school girl would make fun of her and Hanna would be offended by it. Friedman soon comes to realize that she doesn't live to impress other people. She lives to satisfy herself.
   Like every family Friedman goes through struggles at home. Money in scarce, parents aren't getting along and school is hard. She finds her ways to get through theses struggles even if they harm her. She then begins to learn right from wrong in college when she makes a life changing choice. Hanna learns her lesson and she then realizes to appreciate life as it is.

Quote: "I'm proud of him. I watch my family. I love them" (Friedman 181)
Reaction: It took a while for Hanna to love her family. She was always ashamed of them and denying them. She always wanted to be different than her family. I like how Hanna makes her changes obvious and clearly says how or why she changed. I think this quote is important because it makes me realize that i shouldn't also be afraid of my family or even ashamed of them.