Sincerely (Second Blog Make-up)

         In the book "Sincerely", written by Courtney Sheinmel one of the main characters, Sophie goes through a big change. This was how I was able to find one of the themes; Don't kiss up to a person just because you want them to like you. In the beginning of the story, Sophie would be hurt when her best friend Jessie would ignore her and make her feel left out. Where as towards the end, Sophie learned to become more independent and to stop kissing up to Jessie.

         The way Jessie was acting was effecting Sophie in the beginning because they were best friends for a long time. Sophie also wasn't used to Jessie suddenly not including her by not hanging out. Whenever Jessie would treat Sophie badly, she would cry in her room silently. By Jessie treating her this way, it brought out Sophie's jealous trait. Some ways Jessie would leave her out was by not including Sophie in any plans she made with other friends, deciding not to sit with her at lunch anymore, not coming over Sophie's house anymore, and hanging out with new people on Halloween.

         On pages 188 and 189 in the book, Sophie learns she doesn't need to kiss up to Jessie and is finally able to understand that their friendship will never be the same. This was how I was able to come up with the theme.