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1. Lana had always given off a hate and disgust for the pageant, but when talking with Edie, she portrays a very wide knowledge and curiosity in the pageant. What do you think Lana is really thinking?
I think although Lana doesn't like the pageant, she is very intrigued by it. Its not that she hates the pageant itself, but that she doesn't like how it consumes so many people and makes them loose sight of what is really important. Secretly Lana probably longs to be a contestant to see what it is like, but she is too busy being the rebel that she is, and is not willing to compromise her ways of thinking.
2. Edie talks about the “happy endings” group a lot whenever it comes to that someone is unhappy or stressed. Why does Edie relate sorrow with this group?
This “group” is talking about people who commit suicide. I think that the way
Edie describes it is not the exact truth; it is more of an observation. Edie doesn't know anything other than what she is told or that she has observed. She has been taught to not see death as something that you cant help, she sees the people who commit suicide as people with some ulterior motive for everyone involved. This society is not very well informed about pain such as that.
3. Edie is so confused about everything that is going on with her and her feelings for Lana, she goes back and forth convincing herself how she should feel. What do you think her final decision will be?
I think in the end, Edie will come to the point where she stops trying to do everything for everyone else, and actually live and be how she really is and wants. Lana will help her see that there is no use pleasing everyone else, if you yourself are not happy.
4. In the book Down to Nowhere, there is a girl who struggles trying to understand the meaning of religion and faith. Edie is somewhat going through something similar, but without really realizing it. Does Edie understand the concept of racism through religion?
In Just Like Beauty, Edie's grandmother come to stay with her and her family, and brings with her the chants and teachings of an untamed religion. Edie doesn't see why she must keep her interest in this from her mother. She doesn't see that not everyone is as opened minded about religion, she sees it as just another option of doing things.
5. Just Like Beauty is a classic story of a young girl trying to find herself as she goes through her adolescence. Just like in the book Go Ask Alice, Edie finds herself being tempted by things unknown and illegal. In what ways are the two girls alike?
In both books, a new friend that has a different lifestyle is influencing the girls and different beliefs who's morals are not exactly honorable. Edie and Alice are tempted with different types of drugs, and both cave wanting to know what it would be like to be that other person. The temptation draws in many teenagers, and is a fight that is not an easy path. The girls are similar in the way that they both have to make decisions regarding how they want to live their lives and the friends they have to choose.
I think although Lana doesn't like the pageant, she is very intrigued by it. Its not that she hates the pageant itself, but that she doesn't like how it consumes so many people and makes them loose sight of what is really important. Secretly Lana probably longs to be a contestant to see what it is like, but she is too busy being the rebel that she is, and is not willing to compromise her ways of thinking.
2. Edie talks about the “happy endings” group a lot whenever it comes to that someone is unhappy or stressed. Why does Edie relate sorrow with this group?
This “group” is talking about people who commit suicide. I think that the way
Edie describes it is not the exact truth; it is more of an observation. Edie doesn't know anything other than what she is told or that she has observed. She has been taught to not see death as something that you cant help, she sees the people who commit suicide as people with some ulterior motive for everyone involved. This society is not very well informed about pain such as that.
3. Edie is so confused about everything that is going on with her and her feelings for Lana, she goes back and forth convincing herself how she should feel. What do you think her final decision will be?
I think in the end, Edie will come to the point where she stops trying to do everything for everyone else, and actually live and be how she really is and wants. Lana will help her see that there is no use pleasing everyone else, if you yourself are not happy.
4. In the book Down to Nowhere, there is a girl who struggles trying to understand the meaning of religion and faith. Edie is somewhat going through something similar, but without really realizing it. Does Edie understand the concept of racism through religion?
In Just Like Beauty, Edie's grandmother come to stay with her and her family, and brings with her the chants and teachings of an untamed religion. Edie doesn't see why she must keep her interest in this from her mother. She doesn't see that not everyone is as opened minded about religion, she sees it as just another option of doing things.
5. Just Like Beauty is a classic story of a young girl trying to find herself as she goes through her adolescence. Just like in the book Go Ask Alice, Edie finds herself being tempted by things unknown and illegal. In what ways are the two girls alike?
In both books, a new friend that has a different lifestyle is influencing the girls and different beliefs who's morals are not exactly honorable. Edie and Alice are tempted with different types of drugs, and both cave wanting to know what it would be like to be that other person. The temptation draws in many teenagers, and is a fight that is not an easy path. The girls are similar in the way that they both have to make decisions regarding how they want to live their lives and the friends they have to choose.