As I said before I really don’t like reading. I’m still not a huge fan of it, but this novel wasn’t hard to read. I enjoyed the writing style. I like to write my papers and other assignments in a casual language. She narrates the story in the same way. Her casualness of bathroom habits and other random comments were unexpected and very witty.
As, I read on I started to get annoyed with Clarissa. She was very spontaneous at first, which I could handle. I also thought that her fiancé was her brother, which made me think the book was pretty weird. Once I realized my dumb mistake I liked the book more. The reason I found Clarissa more annoying is that she ALWAYS complained. She was soo whiney. Like poor me my mother ran away. Poor me my dad isn’t my real dad. Poor me blah blah blah. She was a lost soul and would attach herself to anyone she met. She was constantly looking for a mother and father figure and then started liking that GUY towards then end. She just seemed really pathetic to me and annoyed me.
I really didn’t like the ending of the book. Things all made sense at the end and really explained why Clarissa is the way she is. Her mother was very cold towards her and didn’t even seem to care that Clarissa saw her. That was kind of disappointing to me. Half the book Clarissa obsessed about what it would be like to see her and then when she did it was a let down. I thought the last part about her life after her mom went at lighting speeds. She said a ton of info in about 2 pages. I couldn’t believe she left her fiancé. She is no better than her mother. She ran away and forgot her past. Still acting as a child. Overall I didn’t like the ending. I wish things had ended differently for Clarissa.
I was thinking about focusing on the rape of Clarissa and her mother. It’s an important piece of the story and a part of why both of them acted the way they did. It was an interesting topic to me. Once I found out she was rapped things made more sense. It was a gap in the novel for me. The novel was confusing at times for me because things weren’t explained very clear. I thought her brother was inappropriately touching her, wasn’t sure if her mother and Clarissa was rapped, and there are a lot of flashbacks in the book. The chronological order jumps back and forth. When CLasrissa was on the TRIP and started complimenting that guy she revealed she was rapped in the story line. It was about half way through the novel that things made sense. I thought it was weird that her mother said in the beginning if a guy tries to rape you pee on him, but it made sense later in the book. A lot of Clarissa’s issues were a result of the rape.
I plan to write a normal, serious paper. Although I don’t like seriousness rape is OBVIOUSLY not a funny topic. I am going to research rape to get a better understanding of it. I will look into the detrimental effects on the person once it happened. It will help me connect the pieces of the story even more. It might justify the reason Clarissa gets attached so easily and begging for attention. The rape obviously had serious effects on her because she has a lot of issues and motherly issues as well. Her mother is more like her than she actually thinks. Direct quotes and pages will help emphasize my point.
I feel this paper will be something different for me to write. I have never written about such a serious and tragic topic before. Many people are ignorant about the topic and I know research will help change things. It will help me understand the emotional pain that rape victim’s feel.
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