Red

I found this book to be very interesting. It was nice to read about some things that are very easy to relate to. I particularly liked the story about the girl ending up in Utah. Now, I cannot relate to this story but it was very touching and I could really feel the emotion. I think that in our society we often over look the cry of help from teens. It is often called a “cry for attention” which it is, if someone wants to kill themselves they need someone to talk to or to help them out. I recently found out a boy that I had dated in 8th grade but grew apart from in high school, killed himself last year. There were signs even when I was dating him, but nobody says anything. Here in America so many things are taboo that we just do not like to talk about them or to people about them. A lot of teenage suicide could be prevented if parents, friends, teachers and everyone paid a little bit more attention to the details of people. If someone is acting different than they normally do, if they are more depressed, someone needs to sit down with them seriously and talk about. We make everyday a routine so that nothing can be out of place, not even taking five extra minutes to talk to that person who sat alone at lunch. Samantha did not want to go to that camp in Utah but it is what was best for her. People need to pay closer attention to the little things that change and a lot more lives could be saved.