Delusion Road Research Paper

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ISP ESSAY OUTLINE: GRADE 9 ACADEMIC ENGLISH

Theme: Self-Discovery

Though people say “First Impressions are Important”, it is more important to not judge someone based solely on first impressions, as getting to know someone new could help develop a better understanding of one’s self. In Delusion Road, by Don Aker, Willa Jaffrey, a spoiled popular girl, had started grade 12 with a kind boyfriend and a ton of friends, though within minutes of starting school, Keegan Fraser, a new student, had angered Willa and her friends. However, soon after she got to truly know him, she began dating Keegan, and her life began to change as she discovered herself – Changing into a kinder person and realizing the troubles everyone else was facing. Her self-discovery …show more content…

It was a place where many events that occurred there had changed her. Her cottage there had been where she spent some time away from her friends, and it had also been one of the places she had gone with Keegan. It was also there where Keegan had hinted at how he wasn’t who everyone thought he was, though he quickly realized the mistake and decided to cover it up. While they were talking, Willa had recognized something was wrong with Keegan, and after asking, he replied “‘I’m not…I’m not who you think I am.’” (Aker 278). In that one sentence, Keegan revealed to her that he had some major secrets, though he tried to get her to forget about it. The name Delusion Road had fit the symbol – As though that’s where Willa had revealed nearly everything to Keegan, even sharing their first kiss, Keegan hadn’t told her the truth about who he was, and he led her into believing that he was a boy from Vancouver named Keegan Fraser, though it isn’t who he really was. It had been where though Willa revealed everything; she had still felt some pain as Keegan wasn’t willing to reveal all his secrets yet. It led Willa to become less trusting in Keegan, though soon she learns the full

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