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Geek Girl Character Development
Character Development and Characterization
In the story, all the character's actions were believable since all the character's actions would be exactly identical to human beings behavior in the Earth. For instance, Harriet went to Tokyo for a modeling job. That seems reasonable, but it does sound difficult. Another example would be that Harriet and her boyfriend broke up. That does happen in the real world too. A portion of the character’s actions of the story was somewhat memorable. Not all of them were but some were. An example would be Harriet’s new sibling. You can technically say that was a memorable moment at the time although, Harriet was across the world and got the news and she wasn’t too excited about that. I sympathized with the
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In the beginning of the novel, Harriet had introduced herself which makes it clear on what here life looks now as a model. When you introduce yourself, people have a good understanding of your life now. The middle was probably the clearest. The middle flowed surprisingly well with the novel. The ending flowed well from the start to the end of the book. The opening of the book had really hooked me into the novel. Within the beginning of the novel, Harriet has introduced herself from what occurred from the previous book (which is the first book of the series Geek Girl) to the current book. After reading the first page, I needed to read more of the book as it is pretty manageable to follow through and had a superior storyline. The middle will never sag as it is very interesting to see the slight twists in the book. In the middle, conflicts appear and the conflicts that already happened got more worse. With that middle, it made the novel more mysterious as it would continue in the end of the book.The ending for me in the case was completely unexpected. In the ending, Harriet and Nick get back together. I thought that they would never get back together but in the end, it seems like it. Part of the ending was Harriet leaving Tokyo. I would obviously predict that would happen because she just took the job over the summer and would have to come home. Also because, Harriet would be forced by her step-mother to see her …show more content…
In my opinion, the main message behind my novel is that everybody is a human being and everybody should be treated fairly. Referring to the novel, before Harriet had transformed into a model, she has threatened by most of her classmates at her high school. Just because Harriet is a geek, that doesn’t mean that she can’t be bothered by her classmates. We should all be treated equally, no matter how diverse you are to anybody. Holly Smale has also said that she was exactly like Harriet. She was threatened for her first two years in her high school and at the age of 15, she converted into a model. She thought it would be exciting to convert her story and shape that into a novel. Which turned out to be a New York best-seller. The novel didn’t have me think of anything. All information was given in the book. I did have some thoughts about the book but they would be answered during the reading of the novel. The book was fascinating and delightful to read. The novel had caught my eye when I was trying to find the perfect book to read. After reading the first page, I found the novel really enjoyable and Harriet quite intriguing. After continuously reading the book, I would always sympathize for Harriet. Overall, I thought this book was one of the best novels I have ever read from all my other books I have chosen to

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