• Compares Gaby’s process of the project by feeling like a celebrity. She has been getting recognized by talk shows, the news, article writers, etc. 

• “For a moment, I understood just what it must be like to be a celebrity caught in the middle of a scandal.” For Gaby’s senior year project she had decided to fake her teen pregnancy which got lots of attention.  News media and others followed her journey and requested interviews. 

Setting/Imagery:

• “My mother had to think about what time the baby had her last feeding, weather they had enough diapers in the house, and scheduling doctor visits for immunization and check ups.” Her mother was in middle school when she had her. Comparing her life to her moms is nothing like what her mom had to go through. 

Character Description/Imagery

• “My mom is a superhero. I know this because I’ve seen her in action, under the hood of a car that is probably better suited for the junkyard than the highway.” Her mom was very independent and learned things on her own. She started being more independent when she realized she was going to have to be more responsible that she was having a baby. 

• “Overnight I went from being just another unknown seventeen-year-old girl in small-town Washington State to an international media sensation.” Gaby was a normal girl in a small town before she had became the talk everywhere. Her senior project became to moment of fame for her. 

Characterization/inner thoughts:

“When Good Morning America called my school looking for me while I was in the midst of juggling four other interviews, I ran out the back door crying.” This thought of Gaby showed her fear through becoming a new person. She was so overwhelmed and didn’t think it would turn out like this.