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Want To Go Private By Sarah Darer Littman

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According to the Beau Biden Foundation, everyday there are at least 500,000 predators online. 1 in 5 children report they've been solicited or contacted by a predator in the past year.In this book you will see Abby a 14 year old talking to Luke a 27 year old. The critical literacy novel Want To Go Private?, by Sarah Darer Littman takes place in Connecticut. A 14 year old girl named Abby meets this guy on a website and starts chatting with him.They chat for a while knowing each other's age but they thought their age didn't matter because they were in love with each other.A little towards the end they meet up and things don't go as planned.Want To Go Private? By Sarah Darer Littman incorporates symbolism,revealing action,flashback/flash forward …show more content…

On page 106 it says “ hope u get the phone soon, so i can talk to you all the time”. The phone is something that Luke sends to Abby so that they can talk all the time and not get caught. Another example is Luke’s video camera. The camera is what Luke recorded Abby on and photos of her. On page 251 it says “ his finger on my chin to turn my face to the camera”. The camera has all the videos of Abby and Luke having sex and photos of Abby’s nudes.Overall symbolism helps the readers see what certain items can mean throughout the …show more content…

An example is Luke saying he's 27 and from New jersey. This shows that he lied about his age and where he's from. On page 254 it says “he's thirty two years old, from New Jersey”. Luke lied about his age and where he's from so that Abby would still want to talk to him. Another example is Luke uploading videos of him and Abby doing things on a porn website. Abby had no clue that Luke was uploading the pictures and stuff on the website so Abby was shocked and couldn't believe he would do something like that. On page 256 it says “ our agents downloaded these from a child porn website…”. This means that all the pictures Abby has sent him he has been uploading them to a website for creeps to see. Overall revealing action happens a lot throughout our

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