Amy Zhang's Falling Into Place

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Falling into Place Have you ever been walking down the hall and see that one girl who seems perfect? The one that everyone loves. She always has a smile on her face and friends swarming her. She has her life together, or so everyone thinks. Yet most do not know what happens behind closed doors. That ¨perfect¨ girl may cry herself to sleep at night. She may be dealing with things at home. No one really knows what she could be going through. The book Falling into Place by Amy Zhang takes you on a suspenseful adventure that perfectly displays Liz and the challenges she faces. A central theme that is shown throughout the book is everyone has problems even if their life seems perfect. ¨Because Liz Emerson held so much darkness within her that closing her eyes did not make much of a difference at all.”(Page 13). The darkness that Amy Zhang refers to is an exact mirror of sadness. She is trying to express that Liz is sad, and has been sad for quite some time now. The world around her is continuing but she is held motionless and no one around her knows. Her friends Julia and Kennie are always around her but they are more like followers than friends. Amy Zhang mentions Lizes emotions in a way that strongly agrees with the overall theme. On (page 135) the narrator tells the reader “But there was something …show more content…

This last quote reveals how she had to put on a fake face everyday just to fit in. “People. They only believed in what they could see. Appearances were all that mattered, and no one would ever care what she was like on the inside. No one cared that she was breaking apart.” (Page 320). Liz has to sacrifice being her true self just to fit in. she had to smile away through the pain just so no one knew what she was going through. Finally, she realized that all that time she tried to make herself look happy and put together did not matter. If liz showed her real emotion no one would care

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