The Life of Justin Bieber

The book " The Life of Justin Bieber" by the user kidraurhl on wattpad, shows how sometimes the person you hate the most is the person you actually love. Justin the main character in the book, has a friend named Ella whom he claims he doesn't necessarily like. But Justin sometimes questions himself about how he really feels towards her. I think Justin didn't want to believe himself when he knew deep down he really loved Ella.

When Ella had enough courage to tell Justin her boyfriend abuses her constantly, he runs to find him to then beat him up. Justin could've gotten in a lot of trouble or gotten badly hurt, but he did it for Ella. No one would do that for someone they didn't love. That just shows more of how much he cares for her because Ella's boyfriend never even did anything to Justin so he had no reason to beat him up other than to do it for Ella.

Ella's boyfriend and his friends were in a gang and they kidnapped Ella, put a gun to her head and threatened to shoot her unless Justin agreed to join their gang and Justin agreed. He risked a big part of his life just to save Ella's. If Justin really didn't care for her, he could've just let them kill her but he didn't because he didn't want to lose her.

Although Justin is always arguing and screaming at Ella, one day he asks himself, "do I really like her?" Even though he already has a girlfriend. I think the only reason Justin says that he "hates" Ella and doesn't want her in his life because he has a girlfriend and might not want to break her heart or ruin their relationship. I think that's why he keeps denying his love for her because Justin knows that he actually likes Ella.

This book connects to a lot of people because sometimes people lie to themselves  or hide what they're actually feeling.

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Teenagers can relate to The Fault in our Stars by John Green because Hazel, the main character, feels like she is a "grenade".

She feels like a "grenade" as in being a person with cancer and is afraid to get too attached to someone because she knows one day she will blow up (die) and hurt that person she loved. People need to realize that relationships aren't always about what happens in the end, but the experience you had with that person in the time being. So for Hazel it shouldn't matter when she dies because there will always be those memories and love they had. Yes of course that person will be hurt from your lose, but would you rather die having those great memories stay forever with the person whom you had love for, or die regretting not making those memories with the person you loved because you were too afraid?

Some teenagers are going through a phase where they feel like they can't get too close with someone because a day will come where they mean nothing anymore. I disagree with that because if someone dies, you don't just forget about them. Those memories you had with that person will still be there. They will never mean nothing.

Teenagers might feel as if whatever they do will hurt someone in the end. I feel like teenagers should live their life to the fullest until their last day. They shouldn't be concerned about the ending result, but about how it will end.

In conclusion, teenagers should enjoy their time living and not worry about what happens when it's over. They need to learn how to live their lives until they can't anymore.

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Jewells Ellis                                                                                                                                810
       


Do you ever feel as if there is something about you that you can not get rid of and is separating you from other people of the world and you feel as if you are being categorized? Well, The Fault in our Stars is a book that any teen who feels different or unique should read.

It shows them how being unlike every other average teenager can affect how people see you as a person. People will judge you before they actually get to know you. In this world, I feel as if people should get to know a person before they judge them. I believe change is possible but people are too busy not caring about other people anymore.

Hazel and Augustus both are different because of their disabilities/illness and they have experienced people looking at them as if they weren't even human. People don't realize that they are no different than them. They may have more priorities to take care of but that doesn't change them.

Hazel was experiencing that during social interactions, her friends would feel awkward and self-conscious around her. People feel like they have to watch what they say around them so they won't feel bad if they say something that offends them. People don't realize that doing that actually makes the "sick" people the ones to feel self-conscious because all they want is to be talked to and treated normally.

In conclusion, it is hard to live with a disability/illness causing you to be unique or looked at as different in such a judgeful world. In my opinion, i think people should be more conscious of how they look at or treat people with a kind of problem. If everyone were to act like that, this world wouldn't be as categorized.

Summer Reading

I am Jewells E, 13 years old, currently attending my last year at Middle School 51. I like to read and I mostly enjoy reading realistic fiction and fantasy.

                                     My top favorite books I read over the summer are:

1. The Fault in our Stars
2. Pretty Little Liars
3. It's Kind of a Funny Story
4. 13 Reasons Why
5. I Hate MySelfie