Windy Game: Choke By Diana Lopez

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Imagine yourself playing a choking game during school. What would you do if you are in the girls bathroom and you are passed out on the floor? Diana Lopez is the author of “Choke”. The purpose of her writing this book is to show to show that when someone hangs out with people who are popular,there is consequences. This book will allow me to better understand some of the consequences that are caused by bad games. This book changed me because it showed me that sometimes it is better to just be yourself and not change for other people. In the book, the author wants you to see how Windy’s change in popularity made her change and this caused bad consequences. Windy feels that she is ugly and uncool because of how everyone else in her school is. Windy has a different type of best friend who enjoys combining words and making her own. Windy thinks people do not talk to her because of her best friend. She came up with an idea to change herself , so she looked more like the kids from her school. Windy changed a lot about herself and she stopped being friends with her best friend. This changed the way I thought because I realized girls would do anything just to be cool. I also realized that sometimes it is better to be different or unique from everyone. It would be boring if everyone was the same. Some …show more content…
It be something that’s played by anyone. Windy played the choking game without knowing it was very dangerous and could give you brain damage. The choking game was a very bad idea for a game but Windy didn’t really pay mind to it. This book changed me because now I now know to tell when a game is fun or when it is dangerous. Now I know to think ahead and think of the possibilities before I play any games. Girls are too busy with the game and do not notice it is hurting them. Windy and her friends slowly started to learn their

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