Pick out a passage that strikes you as particularly profound, interesting, makes you think or upsets you. If the passage is really long then focus on one smaller part, the essence of it. Why of all the words and passages in this book, did you choose this one? What is the author's message, and what does it mean to you? If this question makes you think of a book you have previously read, use that one. Always be sure to include the title of your book in the answer.


In the book I'm reading, Some Girls Are, one passage stands out as profound to me. The passage is "Hallowell High: You're either someone or you're not." I chose this passage because I think that some people in high school believe that they have to be someone. Also, that there are some people who believe that it isn't cool if you aren't someone. I think that this passage could be easily relatable to any one who has ever been to high school because there is always those girls/boys who everyone knows and hates, but deep down they wish that they were one of them. I also think that people want to be known so they don't get teased or picked on by the other kids. I think that the author's message is that in high school you are either that super popular person that everybody hates, but secretly wants to be, or you are one of those people that just fades into the background of everything. Also, that if you are someone there are certain things that you have to give up in order to be that person everyone knows.