Kate The Great Meg Cabot Analysis

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Kate the Great by Meg Cabot shows that you should not be someone you're not. Peer Pressure forces kids to change. In the story, Kate is constantly telling Jenny how if she doesn't change her “style” she will get bullied in high school. Jenny is always trying to look similar and do similar things as Kate by getting earrings and babysitting. On one of the pages in the text, it says, “my mom won’t let me wear baby tees or low-rise pants. Kate said because of this, everyone in high school will think I am a baby. This proves that Kate is bullying Jenny and she wants her to dress like her. Jenny also wanted to get earrings from Claire’s because Kate did, however, Jenny’s mom did not allow her to do so. “Kate didn’t get blood poisoning from Claire’s …show more content…

In the story on page 37 and 38, Jenny tells the readers about how Kate has changed so much since she went to high school. “Kate had gone to high school leaving me back in 7th grade. Suddenly she didn’t want to go to the library anymore. She wanted to go to the mall. When we go to the pool, she didn’t actually want to go in the water, she wanted to lie around in her bikini and work on her tan. These things were kind of boring to me”. This shows that Jenny is doing things that Kate likes but she doesn't. Jenny needs to figure out how not to be disappointed if her friends change because it is going to happen no matter what. As I group up people around me changed and so did I. In 5th grade my friend bought a nice pair of Jordans and I thought they were great so instead of wearing my running shoes I got basketball shoes and wore those. I started to play basketball instead of playing “kid” games like tag or hide and seek. People around me also started to change. My friends started using slang words and I did too. To be honest, I never liked using slang too much because it didn’t feel right so I wasn't being myself when I was using slang. People will always change when people around them

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