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Summary Of The Impossible Knife Of Memory By Laurie Halse Anderson

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In the book The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson, Hayley Kincain and her father return to her father’s hometown, where he goes through a period trying to be “normal”, after all the horror he saw in the war. Until Hayley met Finn, her mind automatically hated her new school, as she categorized people into freaks and zombies. Finn and Hayley go to school together, but Finn felt stronger feelings for Hayley, that was more than friends. Hayley felt alone, almost not letting anyone new into her life until she met Finn. Finn got Hayley to join the school newspaper and go to a football game to write an article on it. Little did Hayley know that Finn was really just trying to get Hayley alone and take her on a date. This is the first …show more content…

In the book, Hayley’s father came out of the house as Hayley was dropped off by Finn. Finn drove Hayley to her door to make sure she got in safe. But before that, Hayley insisted she would be dropped at the corner of her street, as for she didn’t want her father being drunk and yelling at her. When she was dropped off, her father came out and started yelling at Finn and Hayley and insisted that Finn went away. If Finn had listened to Hayley and not driven up to the door, Andy might not have gotten so upset with the fact that Hayley was dropped off late. The thing that triggered him was the fact that Hayley was with a boy. In addition, Andy might have felt more relieved that Hayley made a friend, if he didn’t come outside and see them. This is relevant Andy’s choice of almost committing suicide. This would be a factor because he would realize that his daughter is happy, but is still willing to help him by coming home at night. Also, this could also be a negative factor in the ending because he could’ve felt that Hayley really didn’t need him in her life and that she was better off on her own. This choice of Hayley and Finn’s impacted the ending greatly and how Andy acted in the rest of the

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