I chose to read the book Story of a Girl this unit. This book had many themes such as, love, family, home, and respect and reputation. While I believe all the themes in the book were important and played a big role in bringing the story together, the theme respect and reputation stood out to me.
One incident pretty much ruins Deanna's reputation at school and at home. When her dad found her and Tommy "messing around" in the back of Tommy's car, he kind of just disowned her. He would not speak to her for almost three years. He would tell her to stay out of trouble as she left the house, or other simple things like that, but they never really had a full conversation. Deanna sort of felt like he kind of disowned her because her father would never …show more content…
Although it was three years ago, the kids at school can never seem to let go of what happened with Tommy and Deanna. Even if what they think happened isn’t even really what happened. Tommy spreads lies about what happened that night, probably to make others think he is cool or just to make the situation not so embarrassing. But, all of his stories hurt Deanna. He would tell people she was crazy or that she would tell him she would do anything to have him as her boyfriend.
The kids at school would take these stories and elaborate on them even more. One kid even said, "They started going out and she'd be cutting herself, or all cranked on meth, or coming up with crazy ideas like they should bomb the school or whatever." It seems like it is just easier for the students at Terra Nova to just believe that Deanna is a crazy meth head. When in reality Deanna is just someone that made a mistake.
Deanna does learn from her mistake, it shows when she is working at the Pizza Parlor and her and Tommy start to make out, but she stops it. Not only does she stop it, but she decides to tell him off while she's at it. I believe that this shows Deanna has lost all respect for Tommy. Before, she would have done anything to make Tommy happy or to please him, but now she has realized that he has hurt her and she doesn't respect him like she used
One incident pretty much ruins Deanna's reputation at school and at home. When her dad found her and Tommy "messing around" in the back of Tommy's car, he kind of just disowned her. He would not speak to her for almost three years. He would tell her to stay out of trouble as she left the house, or other simple things like that, but they never really had a full conversation. Deanna sort of felt like he kind of disowned her because her father would never …show more content…
Although it was three years ago, the kids at school can never seem to let go of what happened with Tommy and Deanna. Even if what they think happened isn’t even really what happened. Tommy spreads lies about what happened that night, probably to make others think he is cool or just to make the situation not so embarrassing. But, all of his stories hurt Deanna. He would tell people she was crazy or that she would tell him she would do anything to have him as her boyfriend.
The kids at school would take these stories and elaborate on them even more. One kid even said, "They started going out and she'd be cutting herself, or all cranked on meth, or coming up with crazy ideas like they should bomb the school or whatever." It seems like it is just easier for the students at Terra Nova to just believe that Deanna is a crazy meth head. When in reality Deanna is just someone that made a mistake.
Deanna does learn from her mistake, it shows when she is working at the Pizza Parlor and her and Tommy start to make out, but she stops it. Not only does she stop it, but she decides to tell him off while she's at it. I believe that this shows Deanna has lost all respect for Tommy. Before, she would have done anything to make Tommy happy or to please him, but now she has realized that he has hurt her and she doesn't respect him like she used