Inviting Sammy Keys to a wedding... well thats just a disaster waiting to happen, and making her a bridesmaid, come on get real. So when Sammy is having some problems with Mr.Vince it's just ready to get out of control. And when things seem too good to be true, she automatically suspects that something fishy is going on and usually her instinct is right.
Heather Acosta, theres one in every school. she's the girl that pushes you around, thats popular and pretty, the one that sucks up to all the teachers so that when she strikes no one suspects that its her. Shes the bully, the girl who always has to get what she wants, and when she wants something she'll always find a way to get it.
When you think about bullies you think that they're just mean and crude to everyone. And that was also my automatic response when i first met the character Heather. But since reading the series since the third grade i always had a bad vibe from her, and i thought that there was no way that she could ever be kind, and there was no way i would have any sympathy if something happened to her.
As i read through some of the book i noticed that most bullies have problems with their families, or making friends, or they just have trouble at school and they let their anger out on others. And even though they may seem big and harmful, they have feelings too, just like every other normal human being. The harder i thought about it the more i started to realize why Heather was so angry. Her parents split up as a young girl, leaving her to watch them find new boyfriends and forget about each other. she watched them drift apart, and now when things have finally cooled down, her father is now moving away to be with the woman in love. Now is that something that seems easy to get over and understand. After seeing her parents together foir so long and them watching them chase after other people and not each other, that suffering can build up. And although we dont see her suffering, we see the way she lets it out on other people, because she doesnt know where to store all of her emotions.
Heather's emotions arent discussed through the book because the story doesnt revolve around her. But sammy's best friend Marissa ios going through the same problems with her parents. and you can see how much that tore her apart, and that must be the same way heather felt, except unlike marissa who had Sammy, hooly and dot, heather didnt have any friends that she could let it all out to. and that is a huge impact on the way heather turned out to be.
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