How I Live Now Analysis

In the literature How I live Now by Meg Rosoff shows how humans deal with emotions like Daisy’s depression and family relationships between Daisy and Piper that are established. Piper and Daisy and the rest of the foster family were sent to a barn. They were there for a few days then a chaotic battle started outside one night. Piper and Daisy were taken out of the barn. They were provided with food and supplies by one of the soldiers. The girls set a mission to go back to their original home. Piper and Daisy were walking in the woods seeking their home. Daisy and Piper had walked for days and found nothing. Daisy was starting to get depressed, “For some stupid reason I started to cry then and I felt completely choked with despair and worthless and I
It was just them in the van with a bunch of strangers. Daisy started thinking to herself, “ I tried to pull myself together because I was Piper’s guardian now and I thought I’d better act like it and make it clear to her that she was sure with me no matter what” (Rosoff,71). The relationship seen would be Piper and Daisy’s. Where Daisy is transitioning into more of a guardian or a caretaker of Piper. This relationship is very important because now that Piper and Daisy got sent away they don’t have the boys with the to protect them and help them. Daisy has to now watch over Piper and protect her. They are coming closer, having a stronger relationship. This makes the audience joyful knowing that Daisy is aware that she needs to grow up, be more mature and responsible for Piper this relationship makes both of the characters want and need each other. How I Live Now contains many emotions which can be found throughout the book and strong guardian relationships building up. Like emotions and relationships shown in this novel the fight or fight response of survival and familial loss is shown in the novel I Am