Stick Figure.
Transcript: Stick Figure. By: Brooke Meyers(: Read a passage that struck you as important, cruel, painful, or interesting, and explain why you liked it or what it made you think about. 95% of people who suffer from anorexia are girls. This is a very true idea that really relates to a lot of girls I know. Some of my friends who are absolutely beautiful, and skinny, will look at models in magazines like Seventeen and Teen Vogue and start talking about how overweight they are, and how they need to lose weight. And these girls are size 00. The media really does steamroll the self confidence of teenage girls, I know from experience. This book was very interesting to read, because not for a single second were you bored. The author kept you interested by giving a detail by detail account of her bout with anorexia. And even in the parts where nothing is happening, you’re thinking about how bad you feel and how you wish someone had just told her how beautiful she is, and how she didn’t need to be doing this. What was the most memorable part of this book for you? The most imporant Fact that came up in this book was... This was important to share because it shows a shocking piece of evidence of the cattiness of teenage girls. Girls are so catty and mean, it causes other girls to be self conscious and self destructive. And it shows me the importance of never being a bully, because it can cause some really ugly consequences, and even end lives. It also showed me that bullying really is the #1 thing in our schools that needs to be prevented. 60% of teens with anorexia fight with parents regularly. The most memorable part of the book for me was when the girl, who was my own age was standing around in front of a mirror with all her friends. As she looked around at all of her friends, and their size 00 frames, skinny stomachs, and thin faces, she began to feel ashamed of her own size 5 body. And when she looked at them, then at herself, she started to notice all her flaws. I can really relate to this because all of my friends are tiny, skinny, and short. I just relate to the feeling of not being as attractive as all your friends. And sometimes, when you’re 5 inches taller than all of your friends, and about 3 sizes bigger, it hurts to look at all of them next to you and compare them to you. So I guess I can say I knew exactly how she felt. And an important idea that came up is.. When I read this passage, I immediately felt connected to the author. When you watch a guy you like flirt with all the perfect girls, it’s very, very hard to feel like you’re as good as them. I know how she feels, feeling like she could never compare to those girls. When you feel like every girl is prettier than you, it’s hard not to see your flaws instead of the things that make you pretty. In middle school, appearance is a constant struggle, and you get so self conscious as you grow taller, gain weight, get braces or start to develop acne. In middle school, it’s hard to have self confidence. I thought this was important because it's true. anorexia and self image is such a huge issue, and i think it's mostly caused by the opinions of parents. If the parents are over critical and mean to their children, they're most likely to be more self conscious. Anorexia needs to be stopped. Even though its many causes can be prevented, it really depends on the girl, and what influences she is around. And if more parents and children got along, then maybe we wouldn’t have so many teens with eating disorders. Was this book fun to read or was it a little dry? Explain. would you recommend this book, and what kind of readers would enjoy it? every reason you would need to never be anorexic. Another important Fact in this book was... “As I sat there and watched him flirt with all the other girls, I noticed how pretty one’s hair was, then I noticed how perfectly another girl’s jeans fit, instead of bulging at the hips like mine. Then I started to feel really down because I looked at all those other girls and I felt so inferior, and then I knew that with all those girls falling all over him, there is no way he would like me. When I looked in the mirror later, when I got home, instead of noticing the good things about myself, like I used to, I suddenly couldn’t see a single pretty feature about myself.” I would absolutely recommend this book to every teenage girl. It really shows the hard, non sugar coated reality of anorexia and how ugly it can be. I know it changed how I look at myself, and honestly, it’s hard as a teenage girl to know how beautiful you are, and reading about this girl’s experience, and having it be so relatable really made me see that I don’t have anything to be self conscious about. Every teenage girl would enjoy this book, because it honestly changed my life and I know I’ll be a lot happier because I read it. Since the author is speaking from experience of anorexia, I really felt like I understood what it’s like to go through that more than I ever have. Because
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