The Wild Girls Wild Girls is an early 1970’s book, written by Pat Murphy, that takes place in San Francisco, California. Joan is 12- years old girl, and has just moved from Connecticut. One day while she was taking a walk in the woods, she meets a very unusual, and wild girl. The unusual girl (Sarah) wants to be called Fox, and gives Joan the name Newt. The two girls enter a writing competition, and with a little help from Fox’s dad, Joan’s mother, and their teacher, they won first place. But throughout everything in Joan’s life, she has many challenges. One major challenge that Joan faces is her parents not getting along, and having arguments constantly. Another challenged that I thought she took on, was moving from Connecticut
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When you get to about ⅓ of the book you start to realise how constant Joan’s parents argue. Most of the time they argue when Joan’s father steps into the house. To me I think this made Joan feel lonely, because she was scared to ask them questions, and even scared to be around them, that’s why at dinner time she kept her head down, also in the morning and afternoon she escaped from her parents, when she went to Fox’s (Sarah) house. Another reason why I think her parents arguments are a challenge to her is because, it causes her to be anxious. Being anxious constantly can cause anxiety. Just like when her mom left a note on the counter, telling her why she was going to be home late. Before, Joan figured out that her mom had left a note on the counter explaining why she left, she was stressing, and pondering about her mom. The stress that was going through her, knowing that her parents were going to get divorced, caused her to have more stress. Studies shows that 80 percent of kids suffer from anxiety, just like what Joan is going through, also have depression. I think Joan is right now going through anxiety, because she worries a lot, and seems to become depressed everytime her parents argue .Just like she felt sorry for her brother when her dad was yelling at him for not cutting the lawn, even though his hand was
When you get to about ⅓ of the book you start to realise how constant Joan’s parents argue. Most of the time they argue when Joan’s father steps into the house. To me I think this made Joan feel lonely, because she was scared to ask them questions, and even scared to be around them, that’s why at dinner time she kept her head down, also in the morning and afternoon she escaped from her parents, when she went to Fox’s (Sarah) house. Another reason why I think her parents arguments are a challenge to her is because, it causes her to be anxious. Being anxious constantly can cause anxiety. Just like when her mom left a note on the counter, telling her why she was going to be home late. Before, Joan figured out that her mom had left a note on the counter explaining why she left, she was stressing, and pondering about her mom. The stress that was going through her, knowing that her parents were going to get divorced, caused her to have more stress. Studies shows that 80 percent of kids suffer from anxiety, just like what Joan is going through, also have depression. I think Joan is right now going through anxiety, because she worries a lot, and seems to become depressed everytime her parents argue .Just like she felt sorry for her brother when her dad was yelling at him for not cutting the lawn, even though his hand was