ElizabethOn page 48 Paula Danziger & Ann M. Martin show how much Elizabeth cares that she is following her personal responsibilities and her alcoholic dad doesn't. They show that when Elizabeth says "You know what? All we know for sure is that dad isn't dead. And I wish he were."
On page 63 the authors show how much Elizabeth cares about her sister and how much she loves her. The authors show that when Elizabeth says "What do I like about a sister? Almost everything."
On page 141 the authors show how much Elizabeth is annoyed that Tara is jealous that Elizabeth goes to her new friends for advice before emailing Tara. Even though, Tara does that too. The authors show that when Elizabeth says "Anyway, I'm not mad at you Tara; just annoyed by a couple of things you said. Which I edo recognize is my problem, not yours. But I wanted to tell you how I feel."
So all of these things the authors showed about Elizabeth makes her real. In some ways, a friend. Even though she isn't a real life charater. In my mind, I feel she is.
2 comments:
I know what you mean about Danziger making the girls seem so real. Your second example was very clearly done. You quoted from the book and tied it straight to the chart of characteristics.
Again, the girls seemed very real to me too when I read this.
yay!
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