“Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That’s really when failure comes.” (Tom Cochrane) “The saddest thing about betrayal it never comes from your enemies”(unknown). In this quote this shows how betrayed Valerie felt by her parents and by Nick and the price she had to pay for it. Betrayal leads to despair.
“You’ve been on the list for a long time he said, immediately went cold because I couldn’t believe he’d just told her about the list. I was pissed honestly. That list was our secret.” (Hate List 80). Valerie feels that Nick told her secret that was originally her private it thing that was for her to vent and now the whole country knows that there was a list for people that she hated. “Suddenly it felt impossible to sit there.anymore, taking these kids' side over Nick's.” (Hate List 234). In a since Valerie betrayal Nick by not defending …show more content…
The conversion with her dad shows how her dad betrayed her mom and Valerie feels that her dad was wanting a new family than the one that came with all these problems. Valerie is a very flawed man in this book. In a since Valerie feels her father never gave her the “unconditional love” that a parents should give their child. “Mom sat by my bed constantly for those first two days, the whole time dumping one emotion or another on me. One minute she'd be crying softly into a palmed tissue, she'd be an angry-faced,puckered -mouthed woman blaming me and saying she couldn't believe she gave to such a monster.” (Hate List 141). It would break children's hearts to hear mother’s wish they never had their children. No wonder why Valerie can not forgive herself. She surrounded by an uncaring, unloving father and an unsupportive mother. At this time her family didn’t support her at all after the
“You’ve been on the list for a long time he said, immediately went cold because I couldn’t believe he’d just told her about the list. I was pissed honestly. That list was our secret.” (Hate List 80). Valerie feels that Nick told her secret that was originally her private it thing that was for her to vent and now the whole country knows that there was a list for people that she hated. “Suddenly it felt impossible to sit there.anymore, taking these kids' side over Nick's.” (Hate List 234). In a since Valerie betrayal Nick by not defending …show more content…
The conversion with her dad shows how her dad betrayed her mom and Valerie feels that her dad was wanting a new family than the one that came with all these problems. Valerie is a very flawed man in this book. In a since Valerie feels her father never gave her the “unconditional love” that a parents should give their child. “Mom sat by my bed constantly for those first two days, the whole time dumping one emotion or another on me. One minute she'd be crying softly into a palmed tissue, she'd be an angry-faced,puckered -mouthed woman blaming me and saying she couldn't believe she gave to such a monster.” (Hate List 141). It would break children's hearts to hear mother’s wish they never had their children. No wonder why Valerie can not forgive herself. She surrounded by an uncaring, unloving father and an unsupportive mother. At this time her family didn’t support her at all after the