The Adoration Of Jenna Fox Character Analysis

‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’ Character Essay
Jenna Fox is one of the characters I found interesting in the novel ‘The Adoration of Jenna Fox’ by Mary Pearson. The novel is written in first person narrative, which helps reveal Jenna’s thoughts, hopes, fears, and dreams. Another technique that Pearson used to help expose Jenna’s personality is character relationships, which helps the reader to learn more about Jenna from another point of view. A third way that the author made Jenna interesting to me was by making Jenna the same age as the target audience, which helps the readers and I to sympathise with her. Collectively, these techniques help to make Jenna interesting to me.
As the novel is written in first person narrative, we are shown who
This technique kept me interested in Jenna, as the relationships she has with others helps to expose who Jenna was before and is now after the accident. By the relationship between Lily (Jenna’s grandmother) and Jenna, we discover that Jenna thought that she had to be perfect, depicted when Lily said to Jenna, “Your parents never thought you were perfect. You did.” This reveals more about Jenna to us, as we now know that Jenna is afraid of not pleasing her parents. Furthermore, Jenna’s friendly relationship with Mr Bender also provides detail on who Jenna is and previously was. Evidence of this is shown when Mr Bender becomes the first source of information on what happened to Jenna regarding the accident. He researches Jenna and tells her what happened to her. We are shown this when Mr Bender said to Jenna “I read that you were injured in an accident. They didn’t expect you to survive.” This relationship is a source of information for the reader and Jenna as to why she was in a coma for a year, which helps her to mature as the new Jenna. I found the technique of using character relationships helped to reveal different details about