ind read

10/4/12
Wintergirls
1-23

1.In the first few chapter section of the book it basically gives like a background of the things that happened. It tells about the main character Lia and her old friend Cassie that recently died in a motel room alone. Both Lia and Cassie had eating disorders. Cassie had bulimia and Lia is anorexic. Before Cassie died they both made a pact to be the thinnest girls in school. Cassie later got mad and blamed all her problems on Lia. The night Cassie`s body was found, Cassie called Lia 33 times saying she needed help and wanted to talk to Lia and that she was sorry but Lia never answered and now it haunting her because she feels bad.

2.(19)           “Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls.

                     “Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another.

                                I am that girl.

                                I am the space between my thighs, daylight shinning through.

                                I am the library aide who hides in fantasy.

                                I am the circus freak encased in beeswax.

                                I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.

I found this quote meaningful by just reading it like I didn't even need to read any part of the book and it would be eye catching. I thought it was almost scary in a way. It goes along with this book good because when they say dead girl walking they mean how when a lot of people have eating disorders they can be more pale and they are like skin and bones because they are just so thin. The toilet part is with Cassie`s being bulimic. The part with the library aide I didn't understand at first but I think they meant that she is like a fantasy basically like not real or alive.

3.This book does not really relate to me at all. But I did have a friend that sort of had an eating disorder. Like she used to force herself to throw up and barley eat anything. She never ate in front of people like never ate lunch at school. This friend of hers though always forced her to eat which only made this worse. Though finally her parents noticed and realized what she was doing. She was hospitalized and she ended up recovering which is good and is now healthy.