Relationship In Sarah Dessen's That Summer
Dear Mrs. Budesa and Mrs. Engel, the book I read is That Summer, by Sarah Dessen. In the book That Summer Haven who is 15 years old finds out that her dad is getting re- married to a woman she doesn´t like. Her sister Ashley whom she was really close with when they were growing up, is getting married and is moving out with her husband. Meanwhile Haven is worried because Ashley is known for having many boyfriends and then breaking up with them. Haven is also not getting any support from her dad because he’s ignoring her. With all of these changes happening Haven has a little breakdown, and becomes caught up in her feelings. She becomes very scared and worried so she runs away. She runs away because her dad just got remarried after her mom
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“ The only thing constant in life is change.” Haven is only fiffteen years old, and she’s experiencing a lot of changes. For example Haven´s parents getting divorced, her dad remarrying a woman who she doesn´t like. Her sister who she use to be close with getting married and moving out to live with her husband. In addition her best friend has a boyfriend who has a negative influence on her. Which leads to her drinking, smoking, and using alcohol. At some point in the book Haven runs away, this part surprised me because I really wasn’t expecting this at all. This part of the book got me thinking why would you run away just because your life gets hard. Either way she could have talked to her mom about the situation instead of making that stupid decision . Life does get hard but that doesn’t mean you should run way way from your problems. “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” You shouldn’t run away from your problems because they will always come back to you. Sometimes you have to learn how to accept change and be happy with no matter the outcome.However while dealing with all of this haven soon realizes that sometimes changes lead to new opportunities and help you realize that everything happens for a
“ The only thing constant in life is change.” Haven is only fiffteen years old, and she’s experiencing a lot of changes. For example Haven´s parents getting divorced, her dad remarrying a woman who she doesn´t like. Her sister who she use to be close with getting married and moving out to live with her husband. In addition her best friend has a boyfriend who has a negative influence on her. Which leads to her drinking, smoking, and using alcohol. At some point in the book Haven runs away, this part surprised me because I really wasn’t expecting this at all. This part of the book got me thinking why would you run away just because your life gets hard. Either way she could have talked to her mom about the situation instead of making that stupid decision . Life does get hard but that doesn’t mean you should run way way from your problems. “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” You shouldn’t run away from your problems because they will always come back to you. Sometimes you have to learn how to accept change and be happy with no matter the outcome.However while dealing with all of this haven soon realizes that sometimes changes lead to new opportunities and help you realize that everything happens for a