An intricate web of secrets and lies from a simple round of truth or dare spins out of control and three girls, Tenley, Caitlin and Sydney get caught in a do or die game of anonymous dares like no other. The three girls have already been through a lot and once the dares start coming in, they must play along or risk their darkest secrets being spread. In this novel Truth or Dare, by Jacqueline Green, the author writes a riveting story that will keep a reader on edge and leave one wondering what happens next and how far Tenley, Caitlin, and Sydney will go to keep the truth from being exposed. Along with the lies and secrets, Tenley's relationship and interactions with others, Caitlin's hidden feelings and Sydney's dangerous old habits help show the importance of the choices one makes. It is important to pay attention to the choices one makes in life because they can affect not only the one who made the choice, but also many others in many different ways. “When they were younger, Tenley and Caitlin had been known throughout echo bay for their outrageous games of truth or dare” (Green 42). Before Tenley moved they used to have parties and play games of truth or dare but these games were not like the kind you would play at some kid …show more content…
Some will leave a person with joy, or leave a person full of regret and haunted forever. The difference between the two being, that person has the choice to realize the affects of their decision or just act on a thought immediately without thinking. Throughout this novel, the author provides examples through Tenley, Caitlin, and Sydney of what could happen when a person makes choices in a spur of the moment and doesn't think about how it could impact anyone else. The story helps to show that no matter what, it is important to think about decisions and choices that are made because they may affect a person's life in some way that might not have never crossed one's mind
Mistakes can seriously impact the people who make them; however, the effects are not always negative. In the book, Whirligig, by Paul Fleischman, a teenage boy named Brent is the new kid in town and he faces some major problems with his peers. After being pushed around, treated like a pawn, and utterly rejected, Brent tries to commit suicide by taking his hands off the wheel of his moving car. Although Brent’s attempt is not successful, his actions still have a tragic ending- Lea, a young, kind, beautiful girl, is unlucky enough to be in the car that Brent crashes into. The car accident results in Lea’s death, but also the start of Brent’s magical journey of redemption. Brent’s task is to travel to the four corners of the country, build and display whirligigs, and keep Lea’s spirit alive. Though Brent may not realize it, the trip does influence him in many different ways, one major change being Brent’s newfound ability to create strong relationships with a variety of people that he meets during the course of his adventure. Throughout Brent’s journey, Paul Fleischman uses the people that Brent interacts with to portray the idea that friendships can be formed regardless of personality type, race, and age.
One individual’s action may alter the lives, destinies, and future of millions of other people. In A Sound of Thunder, the killing of a single butterfly alters the course of evolution. Bradbury observes how a careless action by one traveler alters the destiny of others. “With the death of that one caveman, a billion others yet unborn are throttled in the womb” (Bradbury 3). Creating destiny is about being careful in actions. Human beings should learn how to create destiny by sticking to or changing their actions. A person should not reject doing one act of kindness even when it appears to be of no significant importance, neither should one commit a bad act even if it appears to cause an insignificant harm. Bradbury emphasizes on the significance of this argument, “destroy a single man, and you destroy a whole race of people and eventually an entire life history” (Bradbury 3). A single act of good or bad can impact or alter the future in unimaginable ways.
Everyone has a poker face. Everyone has a bunbury. Everyone keeps secrets, and everyone lies. The question is, how does one tell if another is truthful about their intentions? There are many different cases in which one will lie about who they really are, but there is no telling when it is okay and if they can be forgiven. In many different stories that were read in Late British Literature this semester, we have characters that keep secrets from friends and loved ones. The simple truth is, people’s words are often different from the truth.
This anonymous girl is a normal fifteen year old teenager who just wants to be popular and fit in. In this book, she goes through many different so-called friends, or people who she thinks she likes. Many of her friends at first, were just plain ordinary kind of dorky kids and she wanted something new. She discovered a new crowd who she thought she could be popular with, but they only lead her to make the wrong decisions and to ditch the good friends that she had before. They brought her into the seductive world of drugs. She kept all of her secrets in her diary and she never thought to tell anyone. Not only did she hide it from her good friends, but also she hid it from her parents, who...
Daydreaming that the girls will all be fawning over him, Sammy makes a stand against Lengel and his motive is to receive thanks from the girls for his brave deeds. Yet, 180 degree turn for his expectation when he quits and departs from A&P, “they are gone of course” (835). Sammy may have quit his job and announces it loudly, the girls think about the embarrassment they had before and left Sammy with resentment. The idea dawned upon regarding in this situation is Sammy made an involved mistake. This type of mistake is familiar with nature of a person but take efforts to prevent it. Without distinguishing what is right or wrong, defending from the right side may results a fake vision and the wrong side may leads the person to misery. Along with the depression from the being left behind, Sammy regrets about the gestures that is “[fold the apron, ‘Sammy’ stitched in red and put it on the counter]” (835), he made before he walks out of the doors. As soon as he steps out of A&P, Sammy does not know what to expect or do. All he realized is that he was forced to be a dynamic character when he quit his job and has to put away in juvenile self to go into adulthood. This reveals one complex mistake which is making decisions that has unpleasant outcomes and unable to avoid them. The complex mistake that young people tend to results make is making a sudden
The novel “The Secret Place” by Tana French tells the story of four friends and their journey through a mysterious death at their boarding school. They all share a close bond that is until someone disrupts their peaceful family. Holly, Salena, Rebecca and Julia are sister like friends who do everything together until Salena becomes close with a boy named Chris from a nearby boy’s school. All the girls soon become distant from one another once they find out that their vow has broken but Rebecca takes a different route about this and ends up killing Chris to protect their “Family”. These girls keep creating problems for themselves wanting to go back to the happier times but instead just keep digging holes for themselves. Each girl struggles between doing the right or wrong thing to protect one another. But one of the girls took it to another level, Rebecca seems to have an obsessive relationship with the girls that is not healthy. She is a character that leaves people asking many questions about her and why she has these problems and how this could have
Therefore, making one decision can have a huge impact on others. This is why it is important to think of the consequences that could occur before you make any decision. Both the soldier and Ronnie face challenges to make the decision whether they should be loyal to their leader or friend, or whether they should do the opposite. They later regret the decision they make and face the consequences that come along with it. Ronnie goes through an emotional state from lying to the sergeant, and the soldier feels guilty for killing Gregory. This is why you should think of others before you make any decision, and be loyal to those who you trust and think are right.
A constant and apparent theme in this delightful novel Delirium by Lauren Oliver goes by the name of courage. There are several moments where the protagonist, Lena Haloway is utterly drenched in courage and bravery. In this book, love is known to be a highly critical disease, and can only be cured of as soon as you turn 18. Throughout the book, Lena shows courage because she consistently does what she believes in, even though she is incredibly frightened of getting caught. For instance, the first and foremost example is when Lena discovers that the regulators decided to make it a raid night. However, Lena’s best friend, Hana is out at an illegal and scandalous party where both boys and girls hang out and listen to illicit music. Lena shows
In public there is an unspoken rule of thumb to behave a certain way. this can be referred to a social norm, or rule. We all follow these rules, such as leaving respectful space between persons or chewing with your mouth closed. Social norms comes from a person’s perception and culture of the situation, meaning when social norms are violated everyone reacts differently to the situation.
In life, multiple factors work together to influence the choices one makes, and these choices affect both one’s present and their future. In a narrative about two boys who share the same identity, their two seperate lives are compared to one another by the differences of their futures. Choice versus Fate is a theme in The Other Wes Moore that is developed throughout the plot to display how the two forces work together and against each other in the two characters’ lives, and to also emphasize the reality that at times, one’s fate is already pre-destined and the choices that one makes may not be impactful enough to change their destiny.
Nothing I say in this review can bring justice to master storyteller Cecily Von Ziegesar, whose research comes from her own life as an upper eastside, New York City teen. She has a reality-based knack for bringing cigarette-and-pot smoking rich kids into three-dimensional color. As naughty as these characters seem on every page, they are revealed to be real kids wanting to fit into accepted, meaningful lives as much as sleek clothes. This second GOSSIP GIRL book in the New York Times Bestselling GOSSIP GIRL series is an edgy page-turner.
The killing of teenagers with big dreams and hopeful futures represents death’s unpredictability. “He will never go to college… He will never satisfy his curiosity, never finish the hundred best novels ever written, never be the great man he might have been” (Lockhart 60). Through the adults and living children, the two incredibly different ways of dealing with and understanding tragedy are shown. “They know it doesn’t play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferred. Its horrors are not attributable to one single person” (Lockhart 63). Clairmont symbolizes the problems of the Sinclair family, while New Clairmont stands as a reminder of the dead children. ““New Clairmont seems like a punishment to me… A self-punishment. He built himself a home that isn’t a home. It’s deliberately uncomfortable”” (Lockhart 53). In conclusion, connections to tragedy linger in every corner of We Were Liars through symbolism in characters and
In the short story, All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury teaches about how one’s emotions can cause them to make bad decisions that result in guilt and despair. It illuminates how people act on their feelings of envy, desire, anger, and greed. The only result of this is pain and suffering. The students in the story experience being the cause of another’s sadness. They have no intent on being the bad guys, but by the end, they regret their bad decisions. At first, they believe their hateful feelings will go away if they act on them, but instead, they feel worse. The students learn a lot about thoughtful decision making.
choices brought them the fate and ending that they deserved. Even though the witches did tempt them but it was still their own fault for believing and falling for the witches’ tricks. This theme from William Shakespeare's MacBeth teaches that it is the choices that you make that leads you to where you are and you are responsible for your own fate .
the end, we look back upon the choices we have made and like the narrator 'sigh,'; observing that they have made 'all the difference.'