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Reconstructing Amelia By Kimberly Mccreight Sparknotes

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I am reading Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight, and I am on page 207. This book is about a girl who supposedly jump off the school and died, but her mom, Kate, does not believe any of this story, she does not think that her daughter would do something like this, she will proved it by going through social media that her daughter had. In this journal, I will be evaluating and questioning. G: While reading this book, I can see that Amelia has good and bad characters traits. Y: Amelia is intelligent. R: Teacher says that she is smart. R: Choosing friends Y: Amelia is a good friend. R: Gives advice. R: Doesn’t care what how her friends look or what they like. G: In conclusion, the above reasons support my opinion …show more content…

In this paragraph, I will evaluate Amelia. Amelia is smart and friendly. One of the reasons that she is smart is because teacher always told her mother that she was. On page 7 Amelia’s mom was really confused when she got the call from school saying that her daughter had cheated, and she said “Amelia had never been in trouble in her entire life. Her teachers called her a delight-bright, creative, thoughtful, focused” ( McCreight 7). By seeing this quote, I can see why her Mom would be so confuse, knowing that her daughter is brilliant, honest and kind. Amelia was also smart by choosing who to hang out with. She and her best friend, Sylvia, both promised each other that they would not part of those weird groups that they had in their school. They both told each other that if they needed somebody to talk to or just to give advice, they had each other Another personality that Amelia has is being friendly. Amelia’s best friend is Sylvia, whom she loves and does anything for her. Everytime sylvia is going through something like boys problems or family problems, Amelia is always there to give her advice and to a shoulder to cry if Sylvia need one. n the book, When Sylvia was talking to Amelia, Sylvia said, “ You’re not even listening to me, are you” ( McCreight 154). But Amelia was, Sylvia is everything to Amelia. When Amelia’s Mom and a lawyer went to ask Sylvia some questions about Amelia and her death. The lawyer asked Sylvia if she and Amelia were best friends, she answered, “ Yeah. I mean, since, like, kindergarten,” ( McCreight 141). This explains that Sylvia love Amelia as much as Amelia loved her. Amelia loves Sylvia for who she is and she does not want to change anything about her. In page 24, Amelia is explaining how and why she is friends with Sylvia. She said, “But mostly we’d had each other. It had always been that way. We might have seemed oddballs friends to some people….(

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