iona moon

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Over the years of my adolescence I personally have felt the need to run away at times. I have felt that in order for people to perceive me a certain way I must behave in a certain manner. It got to a point where I just did not care about anyone's opinion about myself but my own. In Melanie Rae Thon's novel, Iona Moon, the main character Iona thought in the same way as I did. At one point in her adolescence she felt that she needed to act a certain way so that people would like her. She also felt that running away from her problems was the best solution. However, in the end, she just did not care anymore.

Iona Moon was a simple country girl. She lived in an isolated rural town of White Falls, Idaho. Her house was located in the country called the Kila Flats. She had three older brothers and lived with her mother and her father. She attended the public highschool located in town. Iona grew up as a very promiscuous girl. She had the notion that if she gave the boys what they wanted that they would like her more. The boys thought she was easy and none of the good 'catholic' girls would talk to her. In my opinion she probably grew up this way as a resul


t of the constant molestations from her brothers when she was younger. At first she cared what the boys said about her. However, at one point in time she just did not care anymore. She just ignored what everyone said about her. As long as she still had her best friend Jeweldeen (who was also a country girl) by her side then everything was ok. Her promiscuous ways got her in trouble from time to time. She just did not care anymore.

The theme to this novel is adolescence. Everyone struggles through adolescence.

In adolescence people try to find themselves. They try to find out their purpose in life and why they are here. Most of all people have many inner conflicts. Iona Moon struggled greatly through adolescence. She struggled to find her true self. She mentality about life and about her self changed many times throughout the story. She thought she needed to act a certain way so people would like her. Being fake brought her happiness for a while but in the end it hurt her greatly. Even when she went out to live on her own she struggled. Living in a strange room in a strange city was not exactly what she had in mind. However, she saw herself as an independent

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Approximate Word count = 800
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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