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    “Me Before You” is about a young woman who takes a job as the caretaker for a quadriplegic man who intends to commit suicide and falls in love with him. Her name is Louisa Clark and the guy who she falls in love with is named William Traynor. In “Me Before You” William Traynor is like James Bond, which means that guys want to be him and all ladies want to be with him. Before his accident, Will lived a full life in every sense of the phrase. He was a successful international businessman, he was having

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    Me Before You, a realistic fiction book by Jojo Moyes, is a story told primarily through the perspective of Louisa Clark, a bubbly and chatty girl in need of a job. As she searches for a job that will allow her to contribute to her family’s financial situation, she comes across a position caring for a wheelchair-bound man named Will Traynor. Her main obstacle is trying to balance her time between her family and boyfriend while spending an increasing amount of time with Will. As she becomes more

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    Me before you Creating the utter most respect for disabled people, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, a tear-jerking novel filled with diction of the author's British background, is said to leave readers “want[ing] to reread it.” The misery from the adversity of the characters brings the two together. The story line does not begin like any other love story with an average girl meeting her soulmate, nor ends to satisfy the reader’s heart, but rather goes with the saying “if you love something, let it go”

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    readers that suicide is okay? In the book Me Before You, Jojo Moyes has two main characters who have different opinions about this topic. Will Traynor wants to commit suicide and Louisa Clark is trying to prevent him from doing so. This created a lot of controversy in the book itself from both sides of the argument. People should have the right to commit suicide when disabled disadvantaged mentally or physically. In the book Me Before You, Jojo Moyes emphasizes the importance of having euthanasia as an

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    Another reason people mask themselves is so that they can change how society views them, therefore people don’t get to be who they really truly are. In the book, “Me Before You”, written by Jojo Moyes, Will Traynor doesn’t get to live the life that he wants to live. This life he wants to live is the one he had before the motorcycle accident, where had had become mostly paralyzed. Louisa, his caregiver, separated his depression a bit from him

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    In the book Me Before You, the author Jojo Moyes chooses to illustrate the importance of euthanasia as an option for ending your life if unable to live it to it’s full potential. Moyes’ character, William Traynor had a perfect life before the accident that left him paralyzed and unwilling to live. Some may see the novel as just another story about troubled love, but it has a deeper, underlying message that Jojo Moyes wishes to express. The author wants to bring up the issue of euthanasia and discuss

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    The novel Me Before You by Jojo Moyes is about a girl from a small town who starts to work for a stubborn, rich, paralyzed man. Before Will’s accident he loved to live large by riding a motorcycle and traveling the world, while Lou worked in a small café and did not like to leave her house. At first Lou and Will, the protagonists, did not get along. Lou would go into Will’s room everyday asking how he was and if he needed anything from her. He wanted nothing to do with her and would continually ask

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    Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, is a novel about the lives of both Will Traynor and Louisa Clark. The novel depicts the struggle of Traynor's life after a horrific motorcycle accident that left him as a quadriplegic. Will has lived life to the fullest. He was adventurous and enjoyed taking risks by living a dependent lifestyle. However, after the accident, he lost all hope and had no choice but to become dependent on others to take care of him for the rest of his life. As a result, he attempts suicide

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    The book that I read was Me Before You it is written by Jojo Moyes. This book turned out to be one of my favorites. This book is about a girl who lives in a small town in England. Her name was Louise Clark everyone called her Lou. At first she was working in a café until the man who owned it unexpectedly announced that he would be shutting the place down, this left Lou out a job. Her family was very disappointed because Lou helped her whole family out a whole lot with money because they were going

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    Many people in life take each other for granted and sometimes people are completely unaware of when they are. In Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, a young small-town girl needs money to support her and her family, as soon as she finds a new job at the Traynor’s to help a paralyzed man. She gets to know the family and learns pressures and challenges. In a similar text, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, a teenage girl makes audio tapes about reasons why she committed suicide. In the book, Me Before You

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