Monday, August 19, 2013

Essay 8/19/13

     In That Time I Joined The Circus the major character Lexi and the minor character Eli influence the novel tremendously. Lexi and Eli have been friends for a very long time. The novel reveals that they both have some feelings for one another. Lexi's world comes crashing down when Eli gets mad at her and tells her to leave his room and when her father dies. She runs away to Florida to start a new life. Lexi and Eli's actions now change the course of the novel. Later on, Eli comes and finds Lexi in Florida. But Eli does not know that Lexi has fallen head over heels for Nick, a boy she has met while in Florida. This action once again changes the course of the book. When Nick leaves Lexi's life, she has no choice but to make amends with Eli. From there on out they continue to re-build their friendship. Eventually Lexi leaves Florida to go back home, and Eli goes with her. They then decide to go to colleges close to each other because they realize they really want to be together. Their actions forever change the storyline of the book. If these actions had not occurred the book would have been completely different. Lexi and Eli might have never revealed their feelings for one another which means Lexi would have never gone to Florida. That also means they might have not ended up together. The book would have had a completely different outcome.

4 comments:

  1. This really shows the relationship between Lexi and Eli. The only thing I would question is if Eli was a minor a main character. Besides that it is a very good writing.

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  2. This writing shows the relationship of main characters in a story usually strong influence the whole storyline of the novel. It's not too long but writer summarised the whole story really good to show the main idea.

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  3. You have all really great points. I agree that Eli was a minor character that without, would've changed the story completely. Although, I think if Lexi and Eli revealed their feelings for each other in the beginning of the novel, their would be much more conflict with bailey being Eli's girlfriend.

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  4. Michelle, nice job explaining Lexi and Eli's relationship! Next time some more details would be nice. I agree that Eli was essential to the story.

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