Thursday, March 31, 2011

Peace Love and Baby Ducks REVISED!

         This book is about the bittersweet relationship between two sisters Carly,and Anna as they both try to find themselves in the viscose cycle of high school. As they help each other throughout the book they are faced with many obstacles, not only with each other but also with popular themes such as,racism and faith. The story is told by Carly's point of view, I really like this because, Carly shows Power and strength in her attitude and personality.She gives her point of view on the themes above, and gives a new light on how other people in the south might preseves them.

    Carly has a very good sense of values and morals, in a large percent of the book she seems like the only person with a good head on her shoulders. But I soon realized that it is not the best characteristic to have, because I feel the more you think that you are right, the less you feel others are right. Since she is the older sister Carly is the one that steers Anna into the right direction even if the wrong way seems easier for both them, but on occasion Anna is always Carly shoulder to cry on.
   I think that it is very cool that the roles of older sister care - taker, can easily be switched.But when both siblings get into a difficult encounters, They only have each other for sereninty.They frequently remind themselves of a family saying "keep paddling"( from an experience Anna had with their father while practicing swimming) that short saying always gives them the hope to get through their relationship or any of their other problems.
      Reading this book made me, compare Carly and Annas,  relationship to a rubber band, because no matter how far people or themselves pull each other away from one another, in the end its always an impossible task. As sisters they have a bond that can never be broken, so they will always spring back together again

1 comment:

  1. I like how you conclude stating that the two sisters are like a rubber band. It's kind of like saying that they will argue (being the energy brought out to stretch the band), get tired, make up, and then relax (the band will be released back to normal). But have you thought of what will happen when that band will be overstretched and break?

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