In the poem, “The Road Not Taken,” the short story, “The Reunion, and the novel, The Summer I Turned Pretty authors show how characters come of age through their own actions by making decisions and psychology or emotional revelations. In the poem “the Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the main character has to decipher two roads. The two roads have different outcomes, eventually chooses the harder path and resulted his/her best decision. The narrator sees a fork in the road. “Two roads diverged

I am Carley White, I go to Van Wert High school, and I’m fifteen years old. Reading is one of my favorite things to do. The most recent book I read was The Summer I Turned Pretty. I didn’t plan on reading this book, my first choice was “Me, Him, Them and It,” by Caela Carter. The summary of the book is what made me choose it, but as I started reading it I lost interest because I wasn’t hooked. I stopped reading it and picked out a new book, which was The Summer I Turned Pretty. I loved The Summer

1. In the book The summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han Belly is the protagonist of the story and Conrad is the antagonist along with Cam and Jeremiah. Some of the minor characters are Cam, Susan and Belly’s mom. Belly is a young 15 year old white female that turns 16 towards the end of the book. Belly has long brown hair, lots of freckles, and is as tan as the sand on a Mexican beach. Conrad is a young 18 year old with short brown hair and pale skin and is super good looking. “Conrad was the older

Conrad, and Jeremiah are going through in the book It’s Not Summer Without You. It’s not Summer Without You is the second book in the series The Summer I Turned Pretty. This book is about Belly’s life as it being the first summer without Susannah. Belly and everyone who was close to Susannah is grieving about her death. Belly gets a call from Jeremiah saying that Conrad is gone and at the summer house so Belly and Jeremiah go to the summer house. They find Conrad there and he does not want to go back

seeing a face that looks like yours, do something, be someone. There is power in moving from the sidelines to the center.” Han is an Asian American author of young adult fiction, and she is especially known for the book and TV series, The Summer I turned Pretty. Han is an intentional and thoughtful writer. Her quote expresses that there is power in creating change. Being Asian American, it is especially important to be confident to be the best version of yourself that you can be. Throughout Jenny

During the summer of 2015, I was quite nervous about grade 7. I knew that the expectations were higher, and that I would need to organize my time better. I had a great summer, but soon, it was over. When I woke up, I had a feeling of dread. Summer was over. So, I got my bag ready, and headed out. My plan was to walk to my friend Malcolm’s house, and take the city bus to Glashan Public school. I went out my front door and began to walk. As I walked, I thought about who would be my teachers? How much

When I was a little girl, I faced an opportunity that I did not know would be so life-changing. When I was first presented with this opportunity, I wanted to refuse because it seemed so boring and lame. As a kid, I thought I had better ways to use my time. However, I decided to do it, and soon realized that this was a great choice. This time turned out to be one of the best times in my life. The opportunity that I was faced with was to volunteer at a dog boarding facility. I had the chance to work

School activities that I am involved in is cross country, and that sport teaches to keep going when it gets hard, also I am baseball, and that’s quiet alright sport, and I’m also in basketball. Those are the main school activities that I am involved in. All those sports are pretty hard in their own way, but cross country you want to quit, and you really can’t just quit. Baseball is also a mental game, you can strike a ton, and still be doing good, but it doesn’t seem like it. Something like striking