Author's Note: This piece is my theme essay piece and I went back and arranged things so it sounds more fluent and it proves my point more throughout the story. Hope you enjoy!
Walking through the school hallway all alone, no one to sit by during lunch, being alone on the weekends with on friends to hang out with. This are all signs of lacking confidence, kids and even adults get bullied because of scenarios like this every day. It’s sad and I wish there were more people in the world that would reach out to the ones that need to be lifted up. An example of this is Colie the main character of the book Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen. Colie deals with lack of confidence everyday and it makes her feel very insecure about herself.
Since Colie deals with lack of confidence I have to explain her past. Colie’s mom and Colie used to be really over weight they would travel all over the country and eat really unhealthy foods. For almost each meal they almost stopped at a fast food restaurant and continue on their journey. Colie and her mom were really over weight, until her mom decided to change her tune and joined a gym. Her trainer liked her so much that they gave her a free admission into the gym, she started to join the dance workouts and began to lose weight. The trainer was so pleased and liked how friendly Colie’s mom was that she got to teach her own classes. Soon there were ladies lined up shoulder to shoulder dancing along with Colie’s mom. When Colie’s mom started losing weight she made Colie come as well. Colie started to shed pounds but still didn’t feel confident with her new body, every night she would pinch her side thinking she still had her fat there. She always thought it was comforting it was like a shell that had been removed. The situation reminds me of the book Along for the Ride, the character Auden is not confident about herself either until she meets Eli a troubled boy. They fall in love and Auden became a changed girl.
Since Colie’s mom definitely changed after she started her new workout line, she became the ever so famous Kiki Sparks. Everybody loved her; moms all over the world were itching to get to meet her and try to get their hands on her workout products. When Colie and her mom moved to Texas Colie’s mom’s workout line really skyrocketed. So they decided to stayed, Colie’s mom had to leave for a business trip so Colie had to go stay with her Aunt Mira for the summer. Colie is not the most confident and outgoing girl, she used to get picked on when she was in her “fat years”. When she went to stay with her Aunt she meets Isabel and Morgan they became best friends. Isabel was a very pretty girl and knew all the make-up tips and tricks. She influenced Colie and taught her how to think about herself and not too much about what others say to her. She told Colie how to act and talk to others without showing any weakness so they wouldn’t get the chance to pick on her.
Isabel wasn’t the only one who changed the way Colie changed there was also Morgan. Morgan gave Colie life lessons about boys and just regular teenage things. She showed Colie how to enjoy herself and live life to the fullest. Because of Morgan Colie has become more aware of the people who have cared for her and she was able to gain self confidence.
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