Compare And Contrast Me And Earl And The Dying Girl By Jesse Andrews

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In Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews the reader is taken along for the ride with Greg as he balances the social structure of high school and keeps up him and his best friends biggest secret, that is until rachel reappears in his life. Greg is in his senior year of High School and thinks he has things all figured out; he floats mutually in all aspects of the social pyramid, keeps up on his homework, has a playful relationship with his parents and teachers while secretly making movies with his bestfriend Earl. Once Rachel is diagnosed with cancer and Greg's life is flipped around; guess whose fault it is in Greg's mind? Rachel’s. Jesse Andrews has a similar writing style to the Author John Green, if his books seemed enjoyable,

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