This book is called We Were Liars by e.lockhart. E.lockhart wrote this book specifically for young adults. It has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Fiction.
The story went a little like this. A young girl named Cadence has a very rich and loving family. Her dad has always loved her even though he left Cadence’s mother. Cadence and her mother both go to Beechwood, there grandpa’s 15 million dollar estates. At Beechwood, The Liars, which include, Cadence, Gat, Mirren, and Johnny, are best friends but only see each other during the summer time. One year, Cadence is found lying on the beach with hypothermia, concussion, and head trauma. She cannot remember anything. No one was with her. When she goes to the doctor, the doctor tells her that she cannot go to Beechwood for two more years. During that time, she went on a 3 month Europe trip. In Europe she emailed Mirren, Johnny and Gat. They never answered.
When she went back to Beechwood two years later, she met up with Mirren, Gat, and Johnny. After spending time with them, she remembers and realizes two things. Why was she lying on the beach by herself. Then she remembers her grandpa staring sadly at a bonfire when she brought the the ER. As she arrived at Beechwood, she started remembering more and more. Mirren,
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Cadence is the main character. She started out as a beautiful troublemaker but changed into a sick troublemaker. “I was beautiful now i’m sick” (e.lockhart 12). Gat is Cadence’s boyfriend, he is calm and a troublemaker. “He is tall and handsome.” (e.lockhart 36). Mirren is Cadence’s best friend who is very responsible. “She is so bossy” (e.lockhart 200). Johnny is Cadence’s cousin. “Well, he is short” (e.lockhart 167). I think this is a good book either than the fact that almost everyone dies in the end. I think it would be 4 ½ stars. Anyone who can handle a pretty confusing and depressing story will love this
In The Ways We Lie, Stephanie Ericsson expresses the inevitability of lying and the way it is casually incorporated into our everyday lives. She personally brings light to all the forms of lying and some that are often not recognized as a lie. Ericsson questions the reasons and validity behind lies by highlighting the effects and consequences.
Ellen just felt a distant sadness. Ellen cried just a little bit. Her grandmother was furious because Ellen showed some emotions. She told her to never cry again. After that Ellen becomes scarred for a long time.
Ideas- The main idea in this book changes all throughout it. There is one idea that goes throughout the whole story which has a protagonist and an antagonist. Charlie is the protagonist. The antagonist… high school. This develops miraculously throughout the book. Starting off with his first day, to the homecoming game where he meets Sam and Patrick, to his last days of being a freshman. “And I’m Patrick. And this is Sam” pg-19. At first Charlie is worried about high school and his english teacher Bill fixes that quickly. He meets his two new best friends Sam and Patrick at a football game. He then went from there going through tough times. All though ...
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Both Stephanie Ericsson’s essay “The Way We Lie” and William F. Buckley, Jr.’s essay “Why Don’t We Complain” analyze different ways people use lies to help and hurt themselves in their daily lives and how lies influence American culture. Through personal experience and examples Ericsson showed the way people lie to get what they want or to look more lovely. She showed that it is almost impossible to eliminate lies from people’s lives, how American culture has adopted many lies, and how so much is based on simple, "harmless" lies. In Buckley’s essay, he is uncomfortable that in some situations people do not complain. They could use their complaints to make some change. When people are used to keeping silent avoid problems or waiting someone else to solve the problem.
The most important main characters in my opinion would be Jack, Ellen, Cameron, and most importantly Anna. Jack is Anna’s older brother, who had been dating Cameron for a few months until the accident. Ellen is Anna’s best friend who was in the accident with her. Cameron was coming towards Anna and Ellen on the opposite side of the road. Cameron tried to dodge a tree branch that was lying in the middle of the road. In the process of doing that, she hit Anna and Ellen head on. Ellen was completely passed out, and all Anna heard was screams, getting softer until they just quit. The screams were Cameron until she died. Anna is definitely the ultimate main character in my eyes. This book went on to explain how Anna went on with her life, knowing she technically killed someone. Anna had a rough time between night sweats, night terrors, and the screams in her head repeating. That is when Ellen’s and Anna’s parents agreed it was time to take a getaway trip to the
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