Blog post #5

"We were supposed to write about patriarchy and Beowulf. I had no idea we even read Beowulf, but I'm resigned to the fact I can't bullshit my way through this essay as effortlessly as Becky probably has, and since I'm pretty confident she can do it as effortlessly again, I rip it from her binder. Its my essay now." ( Courtney Summers, 6)

     A am over halfway through "Cracked up to be" by Courtney Summers. The main character is Parker Fadley. She used to be the perfect, popular girl at her school until she started drinking at school, failing classes and getting suspended. Parker doesn't seem like the hero we normally read about, but she does have some characteristics of one. 

     The first heroic quality I saw was the loner quality. Parker says in the book that the reason she began acting the way she is, is because she dose no like people. She has said that she wants to be left alone, and to be ignored.

     The second one I have found is sacrifices they make to achieve their goal. Parkers goal is not typically seen as one, but hers was at be left alone. She used to be the captain of the cheer leading team, dating the most popular guy and a future valedictorian, but she sacrificed all that to be alone.

    The last heroic quality I found in Parker was that they must change and grow. I think it is obvious that Parker has changed a lot from her former "perfect" self, but near the end of the book she starts to change again. Parker is realizing that if she wants to get out of school, she has to work hard and graduate. In addition to that she meets Jake, who starts to bring out the better qualities in her. I think that her changing and growing is that more obvious and important heroic quality that Parker has showed.