The Girl Who Was Asked To Die Analysis

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Killing is something that is done by someone that despises, wants to harm, or even wants to get even with you. In “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die “ by April Henry, a sixteen year old girl get kidnapped and doesn’t even know her name, address, phone number, here age, or where she is from.
She find that she feels normal about driving the car and fight the man she killed. The man she killed was supposed to kill her, but she found a way to get free and fight back even though she didn’t have any strength at all. This story is a mystery/ horror because there are killings, fights, and things that she has to figure out about herself to remember who she is and where she came from.
It turns out she figures out her name and that she was dilutional.

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