Journal #5

Describe a problem faced by the main character. Explain how the main character deals with the problem

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My mom says"so stop trying to work out how you can get David to like you again,and instead try to work out a way to get him out of the mess that you have got him into"

Explains and supports
In this quote, we know that Georgie still dependent because she still can't be able to solve her problems by her own. She goes to ask advice and help from her mother. At first, Georgie's mom is also mad at her because she thinks what Georgie is very stupid. She told her that she should trust the one who loves and cares about her instead of trusting the man by judging his appearance. At first, Georgie was angry because her mom just tells her what she already knows. After while, she realizes that she needs to take this lesson seriously and try to wake up from her dream in order to solve David's problems which are created by her.

Why the quote is important to the novel?
From this quote, we know that Georgie has caused problems which will even get David into serious problems. However, she couldn't calm down to figure out the solution because she is thinking that whether David will still love her or not. We infer that Georgie doesn't learn her lesson until her mother tells her the truth. The truth is Georgie is very selfish because she only thinks it she will lose anything. When she faces the problems, she doesn't really tries to find out the main problem to solve it because she only wants to solve problems that will affect her life. She doesn't really care about what other people's result. Her mom play an important role in this role because she is the person who wake Georgie up from her fascinated dream. It is time from her to wake up and come back to face the real world. She can't always run away from problems or ask somebody ,such as m her mother, for help. She needs to grow up and be an independent and responsible adult. She need to not only solve her problems but also solve others' problem.

Why the quote is significant to me?
This quote is significant to me because I was also a child who like to ask others to solve my problems for me. I think it is easier for me to ask other to solve problems instead of taking a lots of time figure out the answer by myself. However, the world is cool, so we need to learn to do anything or solve any problem. Because when we grow up and enter this real world, there is nobody going to help you. The only people who is going to solve our problem are ourselves. We can't not depend on other people forever because we are the only people who have the key to open the doors that we want to. The other people can only help you find the key to open the door . However, I am the only person who have the key and can push doors. If I can not be confident for myself, anything is useless anymore. We need to believe ourselves that we can do it, then do it. The answer of the question is not going to be too far away from us anymore.

Connect this quote to the "bigger picture "
This quote related to two points of the world now. First, most of people want to got the answer from other. They don't want to go through the process because they think the result in the end is the most important thing. They don't want to take their time to think about their faults or mistakes, so they just ignore their problem or throw them to other people. However, What Georgie's mother has done is to let her daughter to solve her problems by herself. She only gives her hints when she asks for help. It is a good chance to let children to solve problems by themselves. There is a saying"teaching your children how to fish is batter than giving them fish." Parents could tell their children how to solve the problem but they need to go to solve their problems by themselves. Only when they are doing and trying by themselves, they will be able to have a chance to learn by them selves. Also , from this quote we can infer some people choose to solves their problems instead of solving the whole problem. They only want to get a rid problem that is related and refuse to solve the problems that also related to others. However, we should solve the problem that we caused, so other people will not be affected by us.