Friday, September 9, 2011

Ending of One, Beginning of Another

Jay's addiction took a new turn, I'm convinced that he's possessed or at the least living with an eternal demon. This demon seems to have taken over his body and his fate. It sounds like a horror movie taking place, and then I remember its true, which elevates its scariness that much more. I want to have hope for Jay, hope that maybe a miracle will happen and things will turn around. However, at this point I feel like this story has reached the point of no return. As if things weren't already bad enough his friend Brad dies in a car accident and injuries to his right temple. Devastation in both Dell and Jay they decide that it is not going to happen to them and they're going to both turn their lives around. Sadly, a few days later Dell gets hit by a car and injuries to his right temple contribute to his death. The right temple has significance in their deaths because when they were experimenting with the cow blood and organs they focused holding their right temples; they'd also dedicated themselves to O. The loss of his best friends couldn't have happened at a worse time, and just as I'd assumed Jay joined them a week to the day after Brad's death. The ending is sad but sort of predictable. It was sad to read about how a boy who had so much going for him made one slip up after the other and ended his life with so much in front of him, or so much that could have been in his future before he 'dedicated' himself to O (which he soon after regretted). In his suicide letter he gave all his possessions to Debbie. I thought this was odd since she was really the reason he got started down the wrong path, but I must admit it was better to see her name than Tina's. The ending note from his mother was also sad. Her note really makes you realize that this story is true. And with that it's almost mind boggling to me how one person can get so mentally corrupted to where they appear to be possessed by some demonic entity. Rest in peace Jay.

Just into the book Go Ask Alice, which is the companion book to Jay's Journal. In just the beginning of the book she's already dealing with issues concerning a boy and family issues at home. I've noticed in the first few pages that names of places and businesses are being replaced with " _____." I can't help but ask, why not just change the name for confidentiality reasons? This book's author is also "Anonymous", I think that fact itself draws me into it. It gives the book a sense of mystery or danger that the author felt compelled to be Anonymous.

1 comment:

  1. You have a lot of interesting responses here, and thorough, too. Let's try to share more consistently, more regularly, what you've been up to in your reading life lately.

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