Monday, March 28, 2011

the significance of the title for the book after

I haven’t started reading the book yet. But I think from the title after and the picture they have on the front of the book that this book is interesting. As I was looking at the front cover I noticed the picture of the girl was weird. It was a reflection of the girl. But one side of the reflection the girl was pregnant the other side she wasn’t. This brings me to what I think the significance of this title is. I think this book is going to be about a young girl’s life after her pregnancy. I think this because having a child will turn your whole life around especially when you’re young. I think I will be able to relate to this book a little because I had my first child when I was in high school. Being pregnant at such a young age can be hard. I hid my pregnancy from my family for four whole months because I was ashamed. I had so many bad thoughts going through my head the whole time. That’s why I think I might be able to relate to this book because after I had my child my whole life changed. So I think I can relate to the girl and her feelings in the book. That’s why I think this book is significant.

Monday, March 21, 2011

final comments on liar

After finishing the book liar and talking about it with other people I have a better understanding of the book. I have come to the conclusion that the title of the book is very ironic. I say this because now that I think about it Micah actually is not lying. She is basically telling us what goes on in her head. She tells us in many ways of her mental illness. Therefore she is not lying she just have a confused way of telling the reader of what’s going on in her head. I also came to this because I have a family member and a friend with a mental illnesses. When I was telling them about the book they related to it really well. One of them actually read the book. Their response was that in their head they think about things they want to happen. We all daydream but theirs is more intense and the at times they may act or think out what’s going on in their head. Without even realizing it until its too late. The only way to control it is with medication. When they told me this I immediately thought of Micah and how she killed her teacher and couldn’t stop. I think she was off her medication and couldn’t control herself and couldn’t control her thoughts anymore and killed someone and ended up in a mental hospital. That’s my last and final comment of the book liar.