Just like Jeannette Walls often lied about her past to fit in, my cousin as well hid her feelings to not feel like an outcast. They both encountered the struggle of bullying. My cousin and Jeannette were both frequently bullied for the way they dressed and for the way they acted around people. For example, a difference between Jeannette and my cousin would be that Jeannette Walls had the courage to stand up to her bully, but in my cousins experience she was scared and therefore often blamed herself. Jeannette Walls states that “she wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets” (Walls 270). Truth is both Jeannette and my cousin went through hard struggles throughout their childhood and adulthood, but they both overcame them as time passed. If they learned anything it was definitely that everyone goes through things one never wish to encounter, but that one experience can always shape the person you become in the
Just like Jeannette Walls often lied about her past to fit in, my cousin as well hid her feelings to not feel like an outcast. They both encountered the struggle of bullying. My cousin and Jeannette were both frequently bullied for the way they dressed and for the way they acted around people. For example, a difference between Jeannette and my cousin would be that Jeannette Walls had the courage to stand up to her bully, but in my cousins experience she was scared and therefore often blamed herself. Jeannette Walls states that “she wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets” (Walls 270). Truth is both Jeannette and my cousin went through hard struggles throughout their childhood and adulthood, but they both overcame them as time passed. If they learned anything it was definitely that everyone goes through things one never wish to encounter, but that one experience can always shape the person you become in the