The main idea/theme of the book is about domestic violence and Justine Wentzell and her experience through an abusive relationship. She tells her story on how she got through this experience and how she "turned one nightmare into a million dreams." For most of the book, it focuses on the relationship between Justine and her Boyfriend Alexei and the trauma she went through psychologically and physically throughout many months in her own home. The characters contribute by showing us their thoughts and actions were done at the time and their reflections on their choices at the time. Justine after ending up in the hospital ones she finally lost it and called her dad not saying that Alexei abused her, but how she was feeling suicidal at the moment. Her dad responded quickly after and she shortly after got picked up by her aunt and taken to the hospital. Alexei, the boyfriend had been noticeably doing psychological abuse by saying, "that I needed to lose weight I was too curvy for his liking"(124), or "Russian girls would never wear that."(124) Eventually after getting fired from a job he starts to physically abuse her and blaming her for his problems, such as she's the reason he lost his job, or she pretends to love him. The book portrays the theme as overcoming trauma and the abuse she bluntly experienced, and how she decided to overcome it and not sit in the shadows forever "and one day I realized no, he does not win."(168) "I felt like a beaten princess being rescued from her burning tower."(55) she mentioned once she told her dad she was suicidal and was picked up by her aunt. The theme/idea of this book is important to focus on because abuse is still happening around the world and people are starting to step up more than ever. Stories like this are important to have so that other people going through similar experiences don't feel alone and hopefully feel a sense of hope if they two are going through a domestic relationship. These stories are also important to educate kids, teens, and adults so that we can prevent these condition as much as possible.
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November 2018
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