Fern's Reflection
Frederick Douglass, a civil rights activist once said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” In the novel See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles, the main character Fern is faced with struggles that one twelve-year old girl cannot face alone. With everyone busy with their own dilemmas, she feels invisible. One day that all changes when her family is hit with an unexpected event. Her family has to learn how to find the best in this situation while still struggling with their own problems. They have to help each other heal before they know how to heal themselves. Once her family finally learns how to heal each other and themselves, that’s when they come together and become stronger than ever.
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The book took you on an emotional rollercoaster filled with ups and downs. This book was filled with surprises and there was never a dull moment. The book wasn’t just enjoyable it also was meaningful. It taught me that even when you feel like nothing is going right, it will always be alright at the end. This was also said by Ran, one of Fern’s best friends with his famous quote, “All will be well” (83). I have read many books in my lifetime and I am proud to say that this book has become one of my favorites. What I feel really made this book entertaining to read was that you could really feel the emotion that each character felt. In most fictional books the emotions aren’t strong enough to feel, which makes this book stand out from the rest. The book was also very relatable in many ways, which is different from most novels I have read. One way I related to this book was that Fern was a twelve-year old girl in middle school, like I was last year and will be for a short amount of time this year. The other way that I related to this book was, they lost someone very close to them unexpectedly like I did with my dog Cookie. Charlie was very young when he died and so was Cookie. She was only four years old. This book had all the aspects of a great novel, which made it very entertaining to
It is hard to recover from something …show more content…
The book took you on an emotional rollercoaster filled with ups and downs. This book was filled with surprises and there was never a dull moment. The book wasn’t just enjoyable it also was meaningful. It taught me that even when you feel like nothing is going right, it will always be alright at the end. This was also said by Ran, one of Fern’s best friends with his famous quote, “All will be well” (83). I have read many books in my lifetime and I am proud to say that this book has become one of my favorites. What I feel really made this book entertaining to read was that you could really feel the emotion that each character felt. In most fictional books the emotions aren’t strong enough to feel, which makes this book stand out from the rest. The book was also very relatable in many ways, which is different from most novels I have read. One way I related to this book was that Fern was a twelve-year old girl in middle school, like I was last year and will be for a short amount of time this year. The other way that I related to this book was, they lost someone very close to them unexpectedly like I did with my dog Cookie. Charlie was very young when he died and so was Cookie. She was only four years old. This book had all the aspects of a great novel, which made it very entertaining to