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Reflection On Whirligig

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A fair amount of us have experienced many important moments in our lives and learned or changed because of them. How would you live your life after that? In the book Whirligig, the moment that changed Brent’s entire life was when he killed Lea. He would always live with the guilt of being a murderer, but he may be able to move on. Another part of the book where a character’s life has been changed from one moment was when Jenny drove her grandmother around San Diego to let her revisit past memories of her life. Jenny felt closer to her grandmother because of that and understood her life in a deeper way. A person who has gone through a major life-changing occasion, either uplifting or miserable has learned from it no matter what. Someone who

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