Six Impossible Things By Fiona Wood Analysis

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The book ‘six impossible things’ by Fiona Wood is about a boy named Dan who is going through a lot of problems in his life such as ; him finding out his dad is gay, and with that having to move schools and living on an extremely tight budget. The topic I will be discussing is ‘secrets’. The body will be about my thoughts on secrets, and wether it's okay to keep them or not. Another thing that will be discussed is about the quote that dan says ‘what she doesn't know can't hurt her’, and if it's true in my opinion or not.

This paragraph is talking about secrets being okay. In some situations. In some situations keeping a secret can be okay, an example is if someone is being talked about behind their back. You shouldn't tell them because it may hurt their feelings but maybe you could handle the situation a different way. An example in the book is dan not telling his mum the truth about Janie and Estelle going to the social. In the end it works out because dan gets to kiss estelle and that's what he wanted. Here is a quote “and I can't decide if I want estelle to make it to the social or not”.
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An example in the book is dan not telling on Janie, because in the end her mum gets really worried and confused. Also another reason to not keep secrets is because it will eventually come out, and we've all seen those tv shows and movies were theirs a big secret and it always comes out the wrong

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