In life, people must make choices, but not every choice leads to a good outcome. In the novel, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, a teenage girl faces an extraordinary life change with an illegal secret she did not choose to have. Jenna Fox has just awoken from an 18-month coma to discover that she must regain her memory and find out who she really is. Jenna’s parents, Claire and Matthew, decide to keep Jenna alive using illegal medical practices, causing many dramatic consequences. Claire and Matthew’s chose to save their daughter because they would do anything for her, causing them to live in secrecy, and Jenna and her social life to be limited.
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For example, when Jenna and Ethan finally get the chance to kiss and when Lily, her grandmother, intrudes their moment, she feels, “[she wants] that minute back when [she] was kissing Ethan and now was all there was” (Pearson 107). All Jenna wanted was to be able to live a normal life and not have to hide secrets from the ones she loved. Claire and Matthew, Jenna’s parents, made the decision for her to be alive with love as their excuse, but they did not think about how it affected her love life and her social life. When Jenna finally let loose to Ethan she notices that, “ He stares at [her]. His face is stiff. Frightening. [She feels] weak. What [has she] done? [She] should have kept quiet. Listened to Mother. To Lily. [Jenna wants] to take back every word, but now it is too late” (Pearson 164). The danger of telling Ethan is a risk Jenna is willing to take, but knowing what he would think of her causes Jenna to have second thoughts. Jenna’s parents made their decision to keep Jenna alive because they loved her, but they did not think that Jenna would feel unwelcome and struggle to deal with her secret. Claire and Matthew’s decision creates a wall in Jenna’s social life furthermore, affecting Jenna’s view of
Claire and Matthew decided to keep Jenna alive because she was their only child and …show more content…
For example, when Jenna and Ethan finally get the chance to kiss and when Lily, her grandmother, intrudes their moment, she feels, “[she wants] that minute back when [she] was kissing Ethan and now was all there was” (Pearson 107). All Jenna wanted was to be able to live a normal life and not have to hide secrets from the ones she loved. Claire and Matthew, Jenna’s parents, made the decision for her to be alive with love as their excuse, but they did not think about how it affected her love life and her social life. When Jenna finally let loose to Ethan she notices that, “ He stares at [her]. His face is stiff. Frightening. [She feels] weak. What [has she] done? [She] should have kept quiet. Listened to Mother. To Lily. [Jenna wants] to take back every word, but now it is too late” (Pearson 164). The danger of telling Ethan is a risk Jenna is willing to take, but knowing what he would think of her causes Jenna to have second thoughts. Jenna’s parents made their decision to keep Jenna alive because they loved her, but they did not think that Jenna would feel unwelcome and struggle to deal with her secret. Claire and Matthew’s decision creates a wall in Jenna’s social life furthermore, affecting Jenna’s view of