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Love Vs. Hate Archetypes In We Were Liars, By E. Lockhart

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Going through the years, life gets crazier, relationships get stronger and families get closer. In the book “We Were Liars,” you find Cady going through different stages of love with her family and friends while with the struggle of regaining memories back from past summers. While reading “We Were Liars,” you’re going to experience many different archetypes, but the book is focused on the Love vs Hate Archetype. For example, Cady and Gat have been having an on-and-off relationship for the past few years. With the disapproval of each other's families, their love grows stronger and stronger every day.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart published May 13th, 2014. This book's genre is Fiction and the subgenre is an Emotional thriller, where there are four main characters represented; Cadence, Gat, Mirrean, and Johnny. They are all childhood friends where they grew up together and have always had a strong relationship together. The main conflict of “The Liars” is that Cadence(or Cady) had an accident in summer …show more content…

Like he was searching for something. He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.” (e. Lockhart, 11) Cady is certain that he is the man she wants, she wants him and only him and nothing will stop her until she gets what she wants.
Time goes on and Cady is still wondering what happened in summer fifteen and why nobody will tell her. “Mummy said you’re supposed to take it easy and remember things in your own time. All the aunties know. Granddad knows. The littles. The staff. Every single person on the island knows.” (e. Lockhart, 104) With this quote, we see a different type of love that is different from a romantic type of love. This love is heartbreaking with families because they all want to tell her so much but they can’t because of what it’ll do to her, and they just can’t risk

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