Someone Like You By: Sarah Dessen
SSR Project 5th Six Weeks By: Kirsten Setrak 7th period
What The Book Is About
Life Lesson
Your life can change at the blink of an eye, so don’t take it for granted.
A true friendship is needed through really hard times.
A Changed Life
Everyone’s life at one point is tough. I know from experience. In this book, two girls experience something they never thought they would experience during high school. Your life is short and you only have one life to live, so making it count is really important. Losing people in my life has taught me that life is very short and you need to live it to its fullest. “…a boy I hardly knew, whose death now seemed to mean everything” (Dessen 10). Through these hard times you need people surrounding you with love and support. Halley and Scarlett have just the perfect relationship; best friends. “But now, I had Scarlett. And from that day on, nothing ever looked the same” (Dessen 8). Through all of the times I have been through things, I have always had someone there to love and support me through everything that I went through. Things happen that you can’t go back and change. Scarlett would soon realize that once she found out that she is carry a baby that she shares with her deceased boyfriend. “She nodded, biting her lip. ‘I’m pregnant’” (Dessen 96). Things will now change for her as she becomes a single mom at the age of 16. Her life changed the day that she met her boyfriend and nothing ever seemed to be the same for her again.
Citations
Dessen, Sarah. Someone Like You. N.p.: Penguin Group, 1998. Print.
Dessen, Sarah. "Chapter 1." Someone Like You. N.p.: Penguin Group, 1998. 10+. Print.
Maloy, Zac, and Luke Laird. "Temporary Home." Rec. 14 Dec. 2009. 2009.
Personal Experiences
Grandpa and I
My grandpa and I were extremely close, and when he died my life changed. I no longer had him to talk to. It makes me think about how short life can be and to live it to its fullest. In the book, Scarlett loses her boyfriend in an accident and she is pregnant. She can't fix those things. What happened, happened.
My Best Friend
My best friend and I have been through a lot together. It only goes to show that we come through things together and that we are here for each other no matter what happens. Like the teenagers in the book, they are best friends and they were there for each other through everything.
Taylor Storch
Taylor was a good friend. She was also really young when she died at age 13. In the book, Michael was killed at age 16. Both of these people had a whole life ahead of them but it ended too soon. Life is sometimes cut short. You have to live it to its fullest. You never know what can happen.
Companion Piece
By: Carrie Underwood