Have you ever had a secret that you couldn’t tell anyone? Will is in that situation, no matter what he does he can always feel the weight of the secret pressing down on him. He surface everything seems normal but deep down he is a mess. He wanted to tell the cops, but his friend said “you owe me” and Will felt pressured and couldn’t tell the cops. I think Will is in a very difficult situation, part of him wants to do the right thing the other half doesn’t want to hurt his best friend. I know I would have a hard time if I was in this situation. It is a hard decision, but you have to remind yourself of the good not just the bad that comes out of telling the cops. For instance the wrong guy wouldn’t get blamed and you wouldn’t have to feel guilty the rest of your life. I think Will is struggling right now, but he is a smart teenager so I am sure he’ll figure out what to do.

In our world today, everyone is judged by how they look, what they wear and how much money they have. While I read this novel that really sticks out to me. As soon as Ronnie gets to her dads house, goes out for a walk and meets some people she is judged. Marcus one of the guys there wondered if she came from money, she had a house on the beach, and apartment in New York so it just made sense that she did. He was positive though that it still wasn’t enough for her to fit in with the people around this area. But he liked that idea, he hated the way they flaunted their money, and didn’t like that they thought they were better then everyone. When I read that I thought about how true it is, people that have money like to flaunt it and rub it in your face about the new things they get. They constantly make you feel like a fool because you aren’t “like them” and don’t have they same things they have. I hate that about society these days, it seems like you are judged by the way you look not the way you truly are in the inside.