Someone to Turn to
There is a choice to be one’s
friend and a choice to not. But without friends you would be a loner. Without
friends there is no security, no bubble. In the book Someone Like You. Halley and her best friend Scarlet spend a wild
summer together full of trust and heartbreak. Scarlet’s boyfriend dies in a car
motorcycle accident, Scarlet is heartbroken and is also carrying his baby.
Halley on the other hand meets a mysterious boy named Macon, he is always
skipping school and sometimes is halfway across the country and Halley starts
distancing herself from her parents. In the end Scarlet delivers a baby girl
and Halley and Macon break-up. This book has a lot of symbolism showing that
they will always be by each other’s side. Friend’s are important in life; without
them we would probably not get far down the road to come.
All my friends are mostly people
who I go to school with. My family and cousins are close too. It’s like I have
a bubble of friends like Scarlet and Halley. They both had other friends but
they were always together. Cousins can be part of the bubble to, when I’m
trying to get through hard times I have my cousins to turn too. Halley did to
in the book she would call her cousin and talk to her. They make me laugh and
enjoy myself a little bit more. Ever since my grandma passed away we have
gotten even closer. Over the summer they are always at our house or we are at
their house. There are other inspirations too such as teachers.
A man named Stephen Hopson told his
life story about being bullied and having trouble hearing. Kids at school would
verbally hurt him and sometimes slap him across the head. The story was sad and
hard to read, but in the end he won the battle with the bully and was the most
popular kid of the school. All because of a fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Jordan. How
charming is that?
I read about this story on the
internet but it hit me write in the heart. People around you can make a
difference and so can you. Stand up for someone and you can help a friend. Like
I said without friends you would be lost in this world. And would have no one
else to turn too.
