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Stranger Danger Book Report

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With all of our apps and technology, it’s easy to become desensitised to the danger that was once prominently advertised, stranger danger. Risk showed me this idea and highlighted an issue that not enough people talk about anymore. There are people out there who do not have our best interests at heart. It was a compelling story that explored friendship, family relationships and how different people dealt with grief.
In the novel, Taylor and Sierra were two best friends, but like many high school friendships, one was jealous of the other. Taylor’s mild jealousy led to something horrible, and she had to live with that fact and learn to get past it. This let me see how a range of people dealt with grief. Sierra’s other friends all dealt with …show more content…

Ferris used short sentences when she wrote about Taylor receiving the news about her best friend dying. All you heard from her mother on the phone was “yes it is” and “thank you for calling.” I knew that the mother had received bad news and the short sentences emphasized the fact that you don 't need a lot of words to explain a situation, sometimes simple is better. They were sharp words that got straight to the point. Another way Ferris impacted my thinking was how she gave a detailed description of the murder’s house but everything was neat and perfect. She then later had Taylor talking about her image of the murder and his lifestyle. Taylor said “I’m not sure what I was expecting him to be like, but the guy I see on the screen isn’t that. That neat, pretty weatherboard house isn’t it either. I thought he’d live in some dark, cave-like shack, alone hiding from the world.” This proved that we stereotype people and this can be a major mistake. Just because someone has a neat and pretty house, it doesn’t mean that it will match their personality. This is dangerous and can lead us to bad situations if we judge someone straight away and let them straight into our

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