Before I Fall by Kennedy Cutler https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j Made with the best of intentions en-us 2022-05-06 16:34:12 UTC 2022-05-20 04:33:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Plot #1: On Cupid day, Sam and her friends go to a party, bully an outcast girl at school, and crash their car. Sam ends up dying, but she still wakes up the next morning. ellabo3371 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2173175142 This is the introduction of Sam's life, she is a normal teen who does normal teen things. This day establishes the ongoing loop of the last day of her life. The plot emphasizes what goes on in an average high school day, and the thoughts and feelings that are expressed. There is a heavy influence on teens to do drugs and alcohol in high school, and Oliver does not fail to capture those themes. ]]> 2022-05-06 16:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2173175142 Plot #2: Sam starts the next day and continues to go through the same path she went through the day before, thinking it was all a dream. kennecu3429 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2173176990 This relates for people when a person refuses to accept the truth and believes an entirely fake reality because of the fear of changing their ways . Her character has displayed no character development. She hasn't learned from her lessons and continues to make the same bad decisions that she has already made before. ]]> 2022-05-06 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2173176990 Plot #3: On the third day, Sam realizes that it is not a dream and changes her decisions. She convinces her friends not to go to the party, in order to avoid the accident. ellabo3371 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2173181724 This is character development for Sam. At this point, she has realized that by doing small things differently, she can change what happened on Cupid Day. She has come out of the shock that she was in from being "dead" and has started trying to break herself out of the timeloop. She really wants to stop repeating the same day, so she tries to prevent the accident from happening, by convincing her friends into not going to Kent's party. ]]> 2022-05-06 16:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2173181724 Plot #4: During this night, Juliet Skyes killed herself. Sam found out that Lindsay and Juliet were best friends when they were little and then blamed Lindsay for Juliet committing suicide. kennecu3429 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181575469 This adds to the tension and ties together to many knots. This establishes conflict between the protagonist (Sam) and antagonist (Lindsay). From the beginning Lindsay's actions have displayed her cruel self. Juliet Skyes was the breaking point for Sam and the girls to see Lindsay for her true self. They see the damage of what Lindsay's actions can do to a person. ]]> 2022-05-12 16:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181575469 Plot #5: The next day, Sam wakes up with the mentality that she is dead and can do whatever she wants. She stands up to Lindsay and hangs out with new people. She also makes reckless decisions such as stealing her parents' credit card and making large purchases on it. ellabo3371 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181583659 When Sam wakes up on day 4, she is mad about the situation that she is in. Although she doesn't completley accept it, she is starting to come to terms with the fact that she might be dead and she realizes that she can do whatever she wants with no consequences. She calls Lindsay out for being mean to everyone, ditches her friends for the rest of the day, kisses her math teacher, and makes many other risky desicions. During this time, Sam is feeling a lot of negative emotions about the situation she is trapped in, which causes her to rebel, and break whatever rules she wants. ]]> 2022-05-12 16:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181583659 Plot #6: After a long day of adversities, Sam ends up with Kent crying while he's comforting her. She realizes he is genuine and actually cares about her. kennecu3429 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181592120 Sam is starting to realize that Kent, unlike her boyfriend Rob, actually cares about her as a person and doesn't just like her for her looks and popularity.  At another point in the book, Sam cries in front of Rob and he comforts her for a few minutes before leaving her to go get drunk. When Sam cries in front of Kent, he comforts her and refuses to leave her side until she is okay. This emphasizes the connection between Sam and Kent. ]]> 2022-05-12 16:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181592120 Plot #7: On the 5th day, Sam stays home from school and spends the day with her family. She hasn't spent quality time with them in awhile and she has a geniunely good day that she wishes she could relive many times. ellabo3371 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181597032 This adds to Sam's character developement. She realizes spending time with her family is way more valuable to her. This is a glimpse of Sam being happy and how she appreciates days like this. She is finally realizing the beauty of the world and develops an appreciation for life. ]]> 2022-05-12 16:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181597032 Plot 8: The whole day Sam was trying to save Juliet from commiting suicide. She did everything she could until Juliet jumped in front of the car which caused instant death. Sam rewatches how her death was and didn't realize that Juliet was the one who caused the accident. kennecu3429 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181603645 This is when the point of tension is highest. Guilt is caused when Sam figures out what happened the night of the accident. She comes to realize it was Juliet Skyes who died with her, and that it was Lindsays fault. She begins to grow as a human and consider things from other peoples perspective, not just her own. ]]> 2022-05-12 16:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2181603645 Plot #10: Sam goes into the next day trying to fix all her mistakes. Sam stands up to her friends about Juliet and Juliet tells Sam the truth about Lindsay. Still Sam doesn't save her. kennecu3429 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2191604865 This is Samś final evolution. She has transformed from a careless, stubborn teenager, to a generous, kind, and mature person. She's more worried about saving Juliet than her own self. It's her mission to be a good person before her last day and that's what she tries to do. It was her determination to save another person that completed her character development. ]]> 2022-05-19 16:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2191604865 Plot #11: Sam realizes Rob is a bad boyfriend and realizes how much she likes Kent. That night, they kiss. kennecu3429 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2191608981 This is the evolution of Rob and Sam. She was originally in denial about liking Kent but as time went on, she realized he was the man meant for her. He treats her with respect, and cares, which is more than Rob ever did. Her friends question her actions, but this is the happiest Sam has ever been. Happiness over anything is the key to living the best life, which is what Sam was doing. ]]> 2022-05-19 16:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2191608981 Plot #12: On Sam's 7th and final day, she is kind to everyone and she finally saves Juliet. ellabo3371 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2192142394 During this seventh day, Sam sends and Juliet both a rose and breaks up with Rob.  She also stands up for people who are being made fun of, but she still remains on good terms with her friends.   At the end of the day, as Juliet is about to run in front of a car, Sam chases after her and pushes her off of the highway just as Sam herself is hit by a car.  Sam has clearly changed a lot throughout the course of this book and this final action of hers proves how much better a person she has become.  She has become the person that everyone hopes to be. ]]> 2022-05-20 00:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2192142394 Plot #9: Sam thinks her way out of her ongoing loop is to save Juliet. Her goal becomes to save both her and Juliet. kennecu3429 https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2192426967 Sam is still being selfish and only thinking about herself. Although she has grown individually, she still hasn't fully progressed into thinking fully about others rather than herself. Instead of living life not knowing when her last day is, she is only worried about how to get out of the trap she is in. She thinks her doing a good deed will get her out, and thats her only motivation. This emphasizes her main prioritys. ]]> 2022-05-20 04:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kennecu3429/8td490r4u0yh6g2j/wish/2192426967