I am really enjoying this book! I love the main character and how the author frankly describes other characters. Anyway, answers for the questions;
What does it mean to be unique? I think being unique is being yourself. Everyone was created differently, and with a different personality. If God wanted us all the same, he would have made us that way. Being unique means having interests and thoughts that no one else has. Everyone has the capacity to make a difference, but only through combined talents and personalities. My friends and I quote; "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." Being unique is being different.
How do we keep individuality in an adult world? By not comparing yourself to others, and embracing your own identity. We are in a constant battle and search for our identity in our teen years, and our adult years are when we find out what we should be doing with our lives. By bringing professionality at the right time and humor and carefree thoughts and actions at the right times, we can all eventually find a balance and make a difference.
How is Allie's character similar to your favorite person? (One of my closest friends is Adrianne, who is currently serving as a missionary in Ecuador with her family) I can relate to the main character with this, because I was sad and mad that Adrianne had to leave, too. Not breakiung-windows mad, but I still get sad sometimes. We are still really close, via email, but Allie and died, and his brother couldn't keep in touch. Adrianne is super-smart, and she's about my age. She's a friend to everybosdy, and she's really nice. We love funny movies, and usually end up laughing really hard. Adrianne's my best friend, which it sounds like Allie was to his brother.
I think the most significant place in this book is when he's describing his homelife, in the first chapter. he seems to have minor trouble with his parents, and he doesn't seem to like school. The beginning is always my favorite part of a book, because I find out about the character, and I get a clue of the direction of the story. With CITR, it pulled me in from the beginning, and occasionaly, I don't even realize I'm turning the pages.
Excellent thoughts. Yea, the way the author is really clear and honest about everything is awesome. It's like he's telling a frank story, to a friend of his; it's got character. What you say on being unique is interesting... but, I guess I would argue that it's not or thoughts and opinions that make us unique. In a world of 6 billion there will be thousands repeating your ideas in some way. I think being unique doesn't come from a specific talent, or way of thought; rather, I think it's deeper. I believe we all have a spiritual side to our beings, and I think that what makes us unique is how this spiritual side reacts to everything it experiences. Yeeup.
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