One example of this in the book is where Raina and her “boyfriend” broke up because she didn’t show up at a dance. “Just forget about it”. The goal I believe the author was going for is Build the mood and understand what was going on in the character heads. By that quote, readers understand how Raina feels guilty and how her “boyfriend” felt betrayed by her and probably got teased. Another example in the text that I saw was when she was with her family at a diner and how she said that she tried out for the basketball team and how she didn’t make it. Her dad was saying that it was a good thing that she didn’t because she would probably have another accident with her teeth. “We wouldn’t want the same accident to happen again”. The goal that the author was probably going for was to stir empathy for Raina because she just wants to be a normal teen and realizes that her teeth come
One example of this in the book is where Raina and her “boyfriend” broke up because she didn’t show up at a dance. “Just forget about it”. The goal I believe the author was going for is Build the mood and understand what was going on in the character heads. By that quote, readers understand how Raina feels guilty and how her “boyfriend” felt betrayed by her and probably got teased. Another example in the text that I saw was when she was with her family at a diner and how she said that she tried out for the basketball team and how she didn’t make it. Her dad was saying that it was a good thing that she didn’t because she would probably have another accident with her teeth. “We wouldn’t want the same accident to happen again”. The goal that the author was probably going for was to stir empathy for Raina because she just wants to be a normal teen and realizes that her teeth come