Tait Berwick 9/10/14
Reading Response: To All the Boys I’ve
Loved Before class 809
In the book, “To All the Boys I’ve
Loved Before,” by Jenny Han, Lara Jean’s sister, Margot moves to Scotland for
college. While she is gone Lara Jean feels them slipping apart, she can’t go to
her sister and role model, who she loves dearly anymore. To Lara Jean, having
her sister is more important than anything, which emphasizes a theme in the
book, and she would do anything to keep her.
Through out the whole book Lara Jean
is worrying about her relationship with her sister, as they grow apart, but
Lara Jean always wants what is best for Margot. On page 123, Lara Jean explains
how Margot has barely being paying attention to her emails. She can feel her
and Margot slipping apart and is annoyed at Margot’s effort, “the least she can
do is e-mail back one a day.” Also, on page 249, Lara Jean is talking to
Margot’s ex-boyfriend, Josh. He says from when he has talked to Margot that she
seemed homesick. Lara Jean, however was completely unaware of this from what
Margot had been telling her. She feels as Margot is drifting away because she
can’t open up to how she really feels. Both of these parts o the book show how
Lara Jean notices her and her sister growing apart because Margot isn’t honest
with her and they aren’t as close as they used to be. One last example of the
two sisters growing apart is at the very end when they finally split, Margot
finds out that Lara Jean has been keeping a secret. Margot won’t speak to Lara
Jean and she is worried that she might lose her sister forever, “There is a
wall between us now, and I can feel her moving farther and farther away from
me. Sisters are supposed to fight and make up, because they are sisters and
sisters always find their way back to each other. But the thing that scares me
is that maybe we won’t.” Lara Jean says on page 341. This evidence really shows
how much Lara Jean loves her sister and that she really cares about their
relationship because she is so scared of what will happen. After this on pages
344-347, Lara Jean and Margot have a huge argument and let out what they were
keeping from each other. This resolves to them realizing how much they needed
each other, “I needed you, Lara
Jean.” Margot says in the text. This shows that nothing can come between the
two, and helps reveal to Lara Jean that her and her sister can always go to
each other and will always have each other, no matter what.
Overall, I can really relate to this
because no matter how many times I and my sister fight, we always have each
other to go to because that is what sisters are for. This is a really great
message for the world because I think people often let little things come
between them when they should resolve those problems for what is worth it, the
friendship that you have with some one.
