Authors Note: This piece is written as in informative essay that talk about the book, “Feeling Sorry for Celia”. While reading this piece, pay attention to the word choice and sentence fluency.
Elizabeth Clarry is not having a good first week of school. Her best friend Celia wasn’t on the bus, her dad reappeared in Australia, and her mom and her have a pretty rough relationship. Leaving notes on the fridge for each other to read is the only way of communication. With her mom having to go to poetry clubs every night, and Elizabeth running up to twenty kilometers 5 nights a week; that’s the only way of communicating. Life is a challenge; but you can always fight through it.
Reading all these crazy letters between Christina and Elizabeth’s life is so awesome and rather funny. They tell each other their problems and they don’t hold back. It is like they were meant to be good friends. I found it fascinating as Christina and Elizabeth tried to help each other out with advice and helpful comments in their letters. Jaclyn Moriarty had a great idea and “Feeling Sorry for Celia” is how she put it into words.
These curious, but amusing memos come from The Cold Hard Truth Society and The Association of Teenagers; they are appearances of her inner concerns and fears. The memos that they do pass back and forth are helping Elizabeth’s everyday life; a couple also let her down. They always have an tendency to make me laugh throughout the book.
“Dear Elizabeth Clarry,
We feel that it is our duty to ensure that you are not getting any crazy ideas. This young man who’s been talking to you in the bus? What’s his name---- Saxon Walker? He is simply not ever going to be interested in you. My dear child, he is a popular boy, a cool boy, smart, funny, athletic, and gorgeous. Perhaps in your imagination such a boy might be interested in you. But never in reality, Elizabeth. Never. We do not wish to offend you but to warn you.” This quote is one of my favorites throughout the book because it is not only rude but comedic.
If I was in Elizabeth’s position I don’t know what I would do. I could easily relate to her though because I have liked a boy and my best friend has dated him. I was so upset about that and I bet Elizabeth feels the same way I did. Having the boy that u like date your best friend is like dying. Life is a challenge but; you can always fight through it.
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