You Be me.
Crazy girls, one high school; we all know that girls are interesting creatures. In our teen life we form friendships that are fierce and abrupt. These friendships tend not to last very long. They break into pieces then gets glued back together. Once it is broken, it remains as such nothing will ever be as perfect as when it first started. Why do we still get back together? Well, we love to travel in groups. Although they can be "exclusive" and "dangerous," "cliquey" and "inwardly conformist," they sure are astonishing. There is another type of group, a group where we share true feelings, a group where everyone is equal, a group where everyone is respected. We also want to be popular, we might end up doing stupid things like underage clubbing, drinking and smoking. These are several ways to gain popularity. The fastest way to become popular is to go to a party and hook-up with various guys that we don’t know. When those pictures explode on our Facebook wall, the instant likes, shares and comments appear. Meanwhile, party invites start to go up too. The more open we are about our "wild" life, the more popular we get. Another thing that we look up to is beauty. When we get bored of our norm, we expect a change in the following day. A trip to the hair salon is mandatory, a new wardrobe is mandatory, new makeup in mandatory. It is like all the sudden we changed to a total different person. Is beauty simply just changing ourselves? All we want is “to be liked” and “to blend in.” There is always so much competition between academics, popularity, and beauty. All of these factors influence how girls act. A new life begins after we graduated from high school. Everyone starts at zero and it is the perfect time to find new people, form new groups, and get a fresh start.
The tone set for this “girl bible” is very informal. The author writes in first person, so it is in the eyes through teenage girls. Many conversations with friends and family are spoken in a very casual way. The author put it straightforward by using “you” all throughout the book. For instance, one line says:“God, I’m so hung over” when the character gets asked about her night by her best friend. It’s as if she was speaking directly to her readers. She directly starts a chapter by saying “you are lonely. You don’t deserve friends. You pretend, but you don’t belong anywhere.” According to Karl Marx, a sociologist, this always applies to us. We act in a certain way when we are with different people in different classes. We might be more quiet and respectful when we are with adults whereas more open and louder with friends. Another tone she sets for us is trust. She makes the atmosphere so pleasant and comfortable as if she was our best friend giving us advice. she did the ice-breaker when she shares her personal stories and advices. It makes us feel closer to her and it gains trust between her and us.
If you are looking for a book regarding teenage girls’ friendship, “You Be Me” would be the perfect book to read given its non-boundary relationship within the reader and the author.
The tone set for this “girl bible” is very informal. The author writes in first person, so it is in the eyes through teenage girls. Many conversations with friends and family are spoken in a very casual way. The author put it straightforward by using “you” all throughout the book. For instance, one line says:“God, I’m so hung over” when the character gets asked about her night by her best friend. It’s as if she was speaking directly to her readers. She directly starts a chapter by saying “you are lonely. You don’t deserve friends. You pretend, but you don’t belong anywhere.” According to Karl Marx, a sociologist, this always applies to us. We act in a certain way when we are with different people in different classes. We might be more quiet and respectful when we are with adults whereas more open and louder with friends. Another tone she sets for us is trust. She makes the atmosphere so pleasant and comfortable as if she was our best friend giving us advice. she did the ice-breaker when she shares her personal stories and advices. It makes us feel closer to her and it gains trust between her and us.
If you are looking for a book regarding teenage girls’ friendship, “You Be Me” would be the perfect book to read given its non-boundary relationship within the reader and the author.