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Analysis Of Rainbow Rowell

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Did Romeo and Juliet really need to end in death or could there have been another ending? In Eleanor and Park, the author, Rainbow Rowell, puts a spin on a modern day classic love story, Romeo and Juliet. Two teenagers coming from completely different upbringings and different beliefs, finding their way to each other and falling in love. As all love stories there are conflicts, evil stepfathers and evil nemesis who may end up helping you in the end. Somethings you may wonder throughout the novel are why did the mother let him do that to her? Or why didn’t she leave sooner? Or how could someone be so cruel? Although it was a tough road, they had a far better fate than Romeo and Juliet, Eleanor and park lived.

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For example the situation Eleanor is in, a child and her siblings living in an unhealthy, dangerous environment. This sadly is a situation so many children in america are living in right now, almost one in every hundred children are being abused right now in the united states. By Rowell having the main character Eleanor in this situation she can add details and show people how bad kids lives are in their own homes, she can show people how badly these situations need to change. Another example is bullying, throughout Eleanors time at her new school she is bullied by a friend or rather Park’s ex- childhood grilfriend, Tina. Eleanor is continuously harassed this girl from calling her names and dirting looks on the bus to taking Eleanors clothes after gym so Eleanor has no clothes to change into. Eleanor has to live with this as most children have to because she no one to help her. Luckily I have never been in Eleanor shoes as over the years bullying at least at the schools I have been at there has been little to no bullying . Yet for many kids they aren’t so lucky. Some kids are bullied so much they become depressed, and bullying has been a major cause of suicides. It is something that needs to stop not only for children and teens safety but adults too. The author, Rainbow Rowell’s insightfulness of teenage lives is

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