If you have not read it already, you may want to return to simply visiting the characters . The journal entry at the beginning of this chapter introduces us to Mama for the first time. According to the driver of the volunteer fire truck, Galen ran right into the road without looking for oncoming traffic.
Symbolism is a tool writers use so that one thing represents someone or something else.
One of the best things about this format is that it offers readers a chance to really get to know the character, to care and grieve. Usually, these novels end shortly after the death, usually with some sign of hope or healing for the protagonist who is left behind. But let me back up to the day this story first began. It was the first weekend of the school year, and I d just become a junior varsity cheerleader something that seemed fairly momentous at the time. As one of my first cheerleading duties, I accompanied two of my squad mates to a cross country meet at a high school across town.