Literary Analysis On The Girl He Left Behind

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Literary Analysis of The Girl He Left Behind

In The Girl He Left Behind, Tahlie Purvis uses setting, point of view and flashback to emphasize that point of view shows different ways things are thought apon and how to approach certain situations. High School relationships are not a very easy thing to hold onto when you have a lot of other things your mind wants to go about and hold onto. Stacey has shown that dating/love is one thing that should be pushed away until a higher age so you don't do things that you'll regret, but not only that ruin your entire life you had going.
The Girl He Left Behind is a book based on conflict and how it can affect relationships. Stacey was a quiet, mind-your-own-business, down-to-earth kind of girl. One day this really attractive, blonde, strong, football player named Axel had walked up to her while they both left their classes upset. Stacey and Axel had gotten in an intimate relationship. Every thursday Stacey and Axel had gone to Axels house during the school day. Stacey had completely ‘fallen …show more content…

Stacie is too young to have understood the world, or old enough to have enough experiences with it to understand the defined idea of love. It would have been a completely different story if it were told from Axel or Scotties perspective. Stacie is not only just a girl, but a young girl who does not understand the difference between love or just being used for intimacy. Her life experience has a lot to do with how this story is told.
This story takes place in 2010-2016, where society and personal images had started to change. The story was mainly around the 2010 era when she was in High school, which is said to be the hardest time for girls and their lack of love for their self image. This really tend to show around the era and Stacies story really tends to show us how it all changes. It shows from Stacies years of the age 17 to the age

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