Summary:
Every You, Every Me is not like any other novel I have read. It begins with many secrets and mysteries we have to patiently wait for at the end. The author, David Levithan, uses the point of view of a teenage boy who has recently lost a girl close to him. It's written as if it is a thought journal directed towards her. He has words, sentences, and entire sections crossed out with a neat, thin line through them; as if it is thoughts that could not be revealed to the world. The plot of this novel begins as Evan, the main character, is walking home through the woods after school. He finds an envelope, when he opens it he finds a photo of the place he is standing. His mind is instantly full of questions and concerns. The next morning he walks the same path to school, and finds another envelope, but this time it has a photo of him the day before in the same location. He is convinced it has something to do with the lost girl, Ariel. Ariel and Evan had a shared friend, Jack. Both Jack and Evan had very emotional connections to Ariel, and were there the day things changed. Evan decides to tell Jack about the photos, as they keep popping up in lockers, and other places within the photos, Evan cannot let go and continues the chase. Jack tries not to play the game, but is intertwined with it eventually. Evan convinces Jack to sneak into Ariel's old room in order to look for clues, all they find is more photos of people they didn't know. This sparked more interest and Evan began to dig more. Soon enough he gets his ideas in his mind, and uses the day at school to speculate every girl that resembles a girl in a photo at all. He finds one and confronts her, which led to his taking her bag and running. When he dumped it out at the very bottom, was a photo of Ariel. The revealed sender begins to get in a screaming match with Jack and Evan, and the rest of the story is revealed to us. Essay overview: My essay will either be about the importance of mental health in a young teen, or the different writing styles the author used to tell this story.
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