An Analysis Of Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life As We Knew It

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A quote with undeniably, overwhelming truth can be found in Robert Frost’s words. “In three words i can sum up everything I’ve learned about life; it goes on.” It can be easily said that Susan Beth pfeffer’s novel, Life As We Knew It, centralizes itself around the fact that, whether for better or for worse, time moves forward and life continues.

Throughout the novel, sixteen year old Miranda faces many obstacles in her and her family’s endeavor to preserve life and live through the events of May 18th and its catastrophic results. The whole plot is encircled around the hardships the moon has brought, and descriptions of the differences between the past and the present can be found scattered about her documentation of the onslaught. A prime

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