First Impressions In Lauren Miller's Free To Fall

First impressions are direct reflection of one’s actions. In Free to Fall, Lauren Miller tells the story of a girl who is very intelligent, but has been living a lie. First impressions ar etypically how one might describe a person when meeting them for the first time. This is shown in the story when Rory is forced to room with an over perky girl named Hershey. Rory is often judged by others for her high intelligence level and quick thinking. However, one might argue that her eerie personality and confusing story might be what causes people to be quick to make decisions. At her school, Theden university, many people decide right away what they think of others, and find out that what they thought in the beginning is just a fantasy. However, some feel that a first impression is a direct reflection of one’s characteristics. There are …show more content…
The tomb is where she can find all the answers she needs. Rory makes the troubling quests to make it into the tomb and find the truth. One obstacle she cotinues to face during her quest is her teacher, Dr. Tarsus. Tarsus was seemingly stopping Rory in her footsteps and making it harder to find the way through the tomb. But, what Rory percieved was wrong the whole time (Miller, 371). This confirms how one should not trust the first perceptions because Rory saw Tarsus as evil an wasn able to recieve the help she needed until she entrusted Tarsus to enlist her help in the mission.Another way that hero’s quest is shown in the story is Rory starting to allow Tarsus to help her make it into the tomb. Rory realized that Tarsus had been trying to help her all along and was a good source of help in the mission (Miller, 397). This authenticates that one should not trust the first perception because as shown in the story, Rory had to wait and change how she viewed Tarsus before she was able to gain crucial help in her