Analyzing Themes In Wendy Guerra's 'Everyone Leaves'

In this unit we read Wendy Guerra's Everyone Leaves and wrote a timed essay about one of Everyone Leaves’ themes. Some examples of themes found throughout the book is growing up with an unstable family and the obstacles of life in Cuba. In my essay I focused in the theme obstacles of growing up in Cuba because I felt that it was an interesting theme that is real in our world and affects people. Everyone Leaves is a book about a young girl named Nieve growing up in Cuba with a broken family. Nieve grew up in poverty and also had to deal with a lot of drama from her family and her school. Throughout the book Nieve feels she has nobody to go to with her problems so she writes down everything important to her in her diary. The tone used