Week 3, Post B

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Dear Josie,
You are one of the main characters in the novel Nineteen Minutes. How does it feel to know that you were wounded in a school shooting? Does it even seem real that after about an hour ten of your classmates had been killed? I have alot of symphathy for you in this novel, because you've dealt with so much. First, Peter, the shooter, killed your boyfriend and your best friend. I cannot relate to this, but it must be pretty depressing that life is never going to be the same. Also, you have to live with your mother, a judge for the case. You say that, "she was acting all concerned and worries, but it was too much too late, as if it had taken this shooting for her to wake up to the fact that she had absolutely no relationship with me"(102). Your mother thinks that you want to confide in her, but you do not! To make matters worse, you don't remember anything. Is it annoying always having reporters come up to you, and asking you question? i think it would be! especially since you're trying to forget the fact you used to be friends with peter. Did you ever know that he would ever act that way? Is it ever embarassing to think that you were best friends with an outcast? I don't think it would be that bad, i mean you were peter's only friend for awhile, and you've probably helped him out. Now you try to ignore that fact. Well, although you've lost some special people in your heart, and your mother is making it worse, i hope you can get everything back to normal even though that might be difficult. No one expects you to do that right away!
Sincerely,
Claire :)