Analysis Of Are You There God? It's Me By Judy Blume

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Margaret Simon has a big decision to make. What will she decide? Will she even come to a conclusion? How will everyone around her influence her decision? These questions play a significant role in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume.Margaret must make a decision about her religion. She must choose between being christian, being Jewish or staying as nothing. Her parents gave up their religions when they got married because their parents did not approve of their interfaith marriage. Margaret’s parents don’t have a problem with her not having a religion and are not trying to pressure her in either direction. Her paternal grandmother, a Jew, does sometimes try to pressure Margaret into choosing Judaism.Her maternal grandparents …show more content…

Therefore, Margaret does not have a religion and will chose her own religion later in her life if she wishes to ever have a religion. Even though she does not have a religion, Margaret does have a relationship with god. While her parents support her in all of her decisions regarding religion, her grandparents are trying to pressure her into choosing their respective religions.She must face all of this in a new town, new friends and classmates (who aren’t necessarily always the best people). The first main event of the book is Margaret and her family moving. They moved from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey.Margaret believes a big part of the reason for the move is that her parents find she is too close to her paternal grandmother who they think is a bad influence.However, Margaret continues to meet her grandmother at The Lincoln center in New York City once a month. The second main event that happened is Margaret meeting all of her friends. The first friend she meets is Nancy. On the day Margaret moves into town, Nancy comes over to her house to meet her and invites Margaret over to her house. Then, on the first day of school, she meets all of her other friends first in class and then at their secret club meeting at Nancy’s house after school. The third main event that happened is Margaret’s quest to find a religion. This starts with Margaret already having a kinship with god. Then, at their first secret club meeting, Margaret’s new friends ask her if she will join the YMCA or the Jewish Community Center,to which she responds that she might not join either and if she does,it will be her parents’ decision. Then, their teacher, Mr. Benedict, gives them a year-long assignment on something personal and meaningful. Margaret chose religion. Later, she goes with her grandmother to a Synagogue for the Jewish

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