Research Paper On Zephyr

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Noah’s sister, Jude, was also struggling with a bad situation. “Then his whole body was pressing me into the hot sand, burying me in it. I kept thinking, it’s okay, I can handle this. I can. It’s okay, okay, okay. But it wasn’t and I couldn’t” (Nelson 47). Jude had lost her virginity to a boy named Michael Ravens, commonly referred to as Zephyr. Jude was only fourteen at the time which is something people consider relatively young. “The data come from surveying 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds as one group; surveying a group of 12-year-olds and then following them over time as they turned 13 and 14; and surveying older teens about their experiences when age 14 and younger. Among the findings of the studies: nearly one in five adolescents has had sex before his or her 15th birthday” (Albert 2003). …show more content…

Jude blamed herself for her mother’s death and believed she had brought her family bad luck. “I cut off three feet of blonde hair and swore away boys forever because after this happened with Zephyr, my mother died. Right after. It was me. I brought the bad luck to us” (Nelson 48). Jude cut her hair and swore off any boys. Jude could not accept she had lost her virginity at the age of fourteen the day her mother had died. However, towards the end of the novel, Jude began to realize she had not caused her mother’s death just because she had done something considerably inappropriate. “And what we did didn’t cause bad luck either- it caused endless inner-ick and regret” (Nelson 316). Jude realized what she and Zephyr had done had not caused her mother’s death or her family to inherit bad luck. After realizing and accepting her situation, Jude returned to her normal self. She began to wear the dresses she made and she wore bright red lipstick again. Jude accepted her

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