Janie In The Face On The Milk Carton

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The character Janie, from The Face on The Milk Carton—(had) a seemingly ordinary life. Why has it changed? The transition was all very sudden. Janie slowly molds herself into an independent lady that doesn't need instructions to make her story. It all started out with that milk carton, and the kid printed on it. Janie doubts the little girl with the polka-dot dress is her. She starts going down in a spiral of confusion. Daymares haunt her life after the event. Many memories—positive and negative resurface. She begins to take the approach of using those memories to piece together her own belief. That proves how genuine her determination is fitting with her independence. The way she envisions the situations she gets in—really pulls in …show more content…

Even though she seems confident; the little girl on the milk carton continues to paranoid her. She finds further evidence that enhances her suspicion. (e.g the polka dot dress she finds in her attic from the photo, her mother refusing to show her her birth certificate, "Hannah's" box) Janie tries balancing her personal life with her worries. She ends up sharing her information and suspicion with Reeve, her best childhood friend. She ends up sharing her information and suspicion with Reeve, her best childhood friend. He considers her as mad but they take a trip to New Jersey to confirm it anyway. Once they decide to skip school and run away to New Jersey, Janie seems to find assurance in ignoring her various dilemmas—focusing on what is in hand instead. She finds parts of a familiar red-haired family, multiple red-heads walk out of a school. "They look just like me!" She freaks out while Reeve (previously mentioned as her close friend)—tries to comfort her. They seem to become closer to the information that Janie holds between them. Initially, Reeve didn't buy Janie's immense theory; he thought she was acting

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