Society has built a mold that we are taught to conform to as young children. We are taught to use our “inside voices”, obey our parents, and how to make friends so that we fit in with the others. Imagine living a life just to spite society, and to break the mold and the status quo. Imagine living a life just to think of ways to die. I have been reading Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places and I am on page 185 out of 388. The novel takes place in Bartlett, Indiana and features the perspectives of two different students who share a secret urge: to die. However, there reasonings are quite different. Violet Markey is an only child; however, this was not always the case. Her older sister and best friend, Eleanor was killed in a car accident.
