Someone Like You Literary Analysis

A lesson that can be found in this novel is that relationships are never perfect, and there will always be some sort of problem along the way. You’ll never to be alone because you will have friends to help you go through that problem. In the novel, Someone Like You, by Sarah Dessen there are two best friends who had relationships that goes down hill. Scarlett dates a boy named Michael, and she ends up pregnant. Then Michael dies in a motorcycle accident. Scarlett’s best friend, Halley, somehow follows Scarlett’s foot steps . Halley dates a boy named Macon, and he constantly asks her to have relations with him. However, when she finally agrees to have an intercourse with Macon, she ends up throwing up and gets in an argument with Macon. Therefore leading to her getting in a fatal car accident. Halley ends up surviving and breaks up with Macon because she realizes she deserves better. One problem that Macon and Halley encountered was an argument over their intercourse. In the novel, Someone Like You, by Sarah Dessen it states Macon and Halley were arguing while driving and suddenly “... something big and loud hit [Halley’s] door,
The line “where did I go wrong, I lost a friend,” from the song “How to Save a Life” by The Fray relates to Scarlett because she tries to convince Halley to not have relations with Macon but fails. Scarlett doesn’t want Halley to engage in any relations with Macon because she wants Halley to save it for when the time is right and fears that Halley will end up like her. When Halley decides to leave with Macon to go to a party, she ends up in a hospital. Also the lines “he will admit to everything,” from the song “How to Save a Life” by The Fray relates to Macon because he still hasn’t told Halley “I love you”. Macon finally admits to Halley that he loves her at the wrong place and