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Rachel And Grace In Alyssa Brugman's Finding Grace

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In Finding Grace this passage appears in the beginning and it appears right before she is going to meet Grace. Alyssa Brugman uses two main characters in the book to show her themes. She creates Rachel and Grace. In the beginning of the book, the main character, Rachel, is about to graduate high school and she thinks she know everything because she has turned eighteen. In addition to that, there is Grace. Grace has a brain injury and Rachel gets a job to take care of Grace.The thoughts of Rachel and how the change throughout the novel serves as an inner theme throughout the book. To show how a person can change through experiences. Likewise, after Rachel meets Grace all of these thoughts and ideas completely change. Alyssa Brugman wrote this …show more content…

The author maintains the main character as a childish but at the same time as an adult. “ I know that sticks and stones are indeed very effective mechanisms…” This shows that Rachel is a child because is comparing a nursery song to how broken her life is. But, she mentions in the beginning that she is eighteen. She continues to compare broken bones to damage done by bullying and sticks and stones with words. Alyssa uses theses specific comparison to show how damaged Rachel’s life is. When the words broken bones are being used, we generally think something dark and horrendous. This leaves the impression to the reader that Rachel is not in the best fit right now, but she is trying to make it better. This quote is used throughout the book to show that Rachel is changed when she is taking care of Grace and she is recovering from her mistakes. At the end, the author says “I'm eighteen and I know a great many things, but I don't know everything (for example, “A stitch in time saves Nine,” ...But I am learning.” to show Rachel’s improvement and anyone is capable of improving if they put their minds to

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