Character Analysis: The Adoration Of Jenna Fox

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Decisions: Even the most minor of choices, could have a major impact on the character that made the decision, and people around them. The most crucial choices are the ones that usually end up affecting the greatest amount of people. Jenna Fox was a girl like any other when her life was drastically altered after suffering from a traumatic accident that left scars too deep to heal. Claire and Matthew Fox, parents to Jenna, were left with two options: letting their one and only precious daughter face the doors of death, along with her two best friends that were also involved in the accident, or reconstructing her scientifically with an illegal product called Bio Gel, which would ultimately save her life. With time short on hand, they made the …show more content…
Pearson, Jenna Fox's parents choice to keep her alive by using Bio Gel stemmed from their love turned selfishness for Jenna, and their decision forced them into a more secretive and cautious way of living; this caused Jenna to be confused of her identity and question how human she actually …show more content…
In the beginning of the book, Claire was against Jenna attending school, and told her that, "'[...] school [was] out of the question,'" (Pearson, 40). After sleeping on it, she ended up allowing Jenna go to school. Although, Claire opposing Jenna's desire to go to school shows that her parents were fearful of people finding out about her existence and legality. With people knowing about her situation, Jenna's parents were terrified that she would be turned in to the authorities and seized from them. They were also afraid of Jenna getting harmed by the school atmosphere, and that her lack, and abundance, of memories and information would make it obvious that there was something off about her. Jenna's parents also took the precaution to create an, "'[...] escape plan in case the authorities caught up with them. So while [her] parents provided subterfuge, [Lily] whisk[s] [Jenna off] to Edward [(also known as Clayton Bender)], who will in turn will help whisk both of [them] out of the country. The choice was Italy, since they don't have the same restrictive laws as [the United States] and the climate would work well for [her],'" (Pearson, 188). This backup plan demonstrates how they were extremely prepared, in case someone did report Jenna to the government. Before the accident, Jenna had

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