https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve Author: Amanda Smith en-us 2017-05-09 15:44:19 UTC 2017-05-10 16:05:27 UTC hello@padlet.com matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170804534 When Eden was raped at fourteen years old it shocked me that someone could do that to a little girl. It shed light on the reality of those victimized by rape and how they struggle day to day with it. It opened my eyes to the realness of the situation and made me realize things like that happen every day to young women. While I do not agree with some of the choices Eden made like her shutting every one out and sleeping with random guys, it was her way of coping. In the end through the help of  a very good friend she finally admits to being raped and admits to who did it. She even went to the police and told them everything that happened. I think now she should try her hardest to live her life and be who she truly is. ]]> 2017-05-09 15:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170804534 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170807191 Indecipherable: not understandable; incomprehensible
"He mutters something indecipherable, and then," (Smith 347)
This word relates to how she thinks no one in her life can understand her. 
Aquiline: (of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak; hooked
"His nose, I thought at first, seemed large, except it's not actually -aquiline," (Smith 96)
It describes the first guy she really ever had feelings for. 
Disdain: to look upon or treat with contempt: despise; scorn
" I don't know if the disdain in his voice is because he believes me." (Smith 347)
She despises Kevin, the guy who raped her and when she told Joshua Kevin raped her he looked at her with contempt. ]]> 2017-05-09 15:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170807191 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170819307 The genre of this book is fiction and a memoir. This book is not based on a real life event but it shows that rape is a very real thing that happens and how one girl deals with it. Eden describes her life before, during, and after the rape. She tells how that event changed her and the decisions she made because of it. She goes through her four years of high school and describes how each year unfolds. 
" I close my eyes again, but it's all I can see, all I can hear: his skin, his arms, his legs. his hands too strong, his breath on me, muscles stretching, bones cracking, body breaking, me getting weaker, fading." (Smith 2)]]> 2017-05-09 16:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170819307 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170822058 The red crayon is symbolic because this is what Eden uses to write down on a piece of paper that she was raped. She writes down raped on a paper and gives it to Josh to tell him that she was raped. ]]> 2017-05-09 16:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170822058 matwoo3040 https://padlet.com/matwoo3040/of9hr2vnc2ve/wish/170823933 Smith, Amanda. the Way I Used To Be. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster

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