Building the Final Assessment

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Bailee Verhoeve

Mr. Connolly

ENG2D

November 7^th, 2012

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How does the main character grow as a person due to manipulation in the story?        

Stephanie grows as a person due to manipulation in several different ways. Obviously, we see that she is able to handle herself in the woods. We can conclude from this that that helped boosts herself confidence, which is very important during her situation and helpful in any situation. We see throughout her endeavour that she learns to miss and genuinely care for her mother. Even though they fight a lot Stephanie begins to see her mother’s point of view. “I love you too Mom.’ I was crying too.”(McClintock 129) After thinking of her mother, Stephanie begins to think that Greg really makes her mom happy so even though Stephanie hates Greg, she learns to accept him. After being reunited with Greg and her mom she says to Greg “I was afraid I’d never see you again either… ” (McClintock 130). A sentence that says she missed him and accepts him but has not yet learned to love him. While she was in the woods she was able to let in her true feelings about her grandpa. She had always been so distant from him but now that he was dead, she missed him greatly and truly admitted that to herself. As you would expect from this traumatizing experience, Stephanie has learned to not take the short cut through the field that put her in danger the first time. We can conclude that from this quote; “I never take the short cut anymore. I don’t even walk alone. And if  I have to be somewhere after dark, I always call my mom, and she always comes to get me.” (McClintock 165). So we can assume she learned her lesson. In addition, she has become more aware of her surroundings. From the conclusion of the novel, I predict that she will also have some trust issues in the future because Greg was supposed to be someone who she can trust and then he manipulated her and betrayed her trust. Even though Stephanie was manipulated I believe that it changed her for the better.

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Work Cited

McClintock, Norah. Taken. Victoria, B.C.: Orca Book, 2009. Print.