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.

1 comment:

  1. I love this interpretation! This is close to the way I saw the ending, too... I thought the book was very, very clever because it required that I thought about it in ways that I typically don't.

    I'm proud of your thinking in this post, Breona.

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