Firstly, the main lesson that Josephine learnt in her final year of high school was that communication is key for a stronger relationship. The reason why she learnt this lesson was because of John Barton. At first, she thinks that John Barton has the wealthiest family, who is well known, and is always the number one student. After some time, she realises that john has a hard life and thinks that his parents are always torturing him, which is evident in "It's different for you, he sighed. ‘You haven't got any pressures in life. I've always had to be the best because it's expected of me” (Marchetta, 46). In this passage, John is emphasizing to Josephine in their conversation that his parents want what they want best from him. They want to be
