The Other Side Of Dark Theme Analysis

“Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life. ” A major theme in "The Other Side of Dark" are the changes Stacy faces when she wakes up from her four year coma. Stacy's life is turned upside-down including the need to grow up suddenly as she is now seventeen years old instead of thirteen. She must deal with her sister, Donna, who is now married and pregnant, school, friends, and family. To Stacy, her friends and family all seem like strangers since they have aged during the years and as she discovered her mother was murdered.
"I gasp as my hands feel breasts that are rounded and firm. My shaking fingers slide past my waist, exploring, as the horror grows. I lift my head to look down, down at toes that lump the blanket near the foot of
Jan brings makeup and applies to her since Stacy does not know how to. Desperate to break the silence, she asks about school only to her dismay as all her classmates have changed, including Jan. Missing her friend's past self, she felt as though she was talking to a stranger, and wishing she would leave. But for sometime, she started to feel as though she fit in.
As I read through the pages, I remembered a film I watched called "Awakenings." It's about people that have encephalitis lethargica and had awakened from a drug, but due to being statue-like, motionless, and speechless, they have no idea how many years have gone by because they think are the exact same age in the same year. Would you rather wake up in a difficult world older, or sleep without ever worrying but the future? For majority of the book, I felt that Stacy didn't really fit in and was scared, at first. However, Stacy finally accepts that she is seventeen and that she is definitely in the right