In the novel The Everafter, Amy Huntley uses the memories of a dead girl to show that you should never take life for granted. While going to a memory of when she lost her boyfriend’s sweatshirt, Madison Stanton says, “He’s my boyfriend… She can’t get over the fact that they’ve broken up, and I’m sick of it” (11). Maddie is jealous of her boyfriend’s, Gabe’s, ex-girlfriend; she is jealous of how she looks and how Gabe acts friendly around her. This is significant because once visiting the memory, she realizes that the only thing truly missing is Gabe, and how the sweatshirt does not seem to matter much anymore. Maddie visits another memory from when she was 11 and lost her new planner for school, “I frantically start unzipping pockets. Not there.
