TURN TOWARD PESSIMISM Kayley Dipert
Feb 24, 2016
TURN TOWARD PESSIMISMKayley Dipert
A GIRL WITH A PERFECT LIFE• I had everything I could ever want:
• A perfect family• A room full of toys• Nearly a million friends (Or so it
seemed in the world of a small child)
• To me, I owned the world.• The perfect shot at my own
personal fairy-tale Disney princess ending.
I BELIEVED…• Parents are supposed to teach unconditional love.• Divorce only happens in the movies.• If you keep a positive outlook, everything will turn out perfectly in the
end.
I WAS WRONG.
THERE COMES A TIME IN A PERSON’S LIFE
…When everything changes.
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IMAGINE SMILING AFTER A SLAP IN THE FACE. THEN THINK OF DOING IT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY.
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
THE “D” WORD• Divorce• A snowy day in kindergarten, I fell in the snow and soaked my clothes.• Naturally, I did what any logical child would do: I called my parents.
• But no one answered.
WHAT IS LOVE?• Two loving parents• Someone to go to in your time of need• Trusting and believing in someone
A LIE…• We are told to give us something to believe in.• Something no human being can truly provide.
THEY SAY 18 YEARS IS ADULTHOOD
• For me, 12 is the true meaning of adulthood.• At 12 years old, I was able to stand up to my mother in court
• I looked her in the eyes, stood with trembling legs behind the stand, and spoke with a soft tone: “My mother molested me.”
Four words and my mother was put away forever.
Four words changed my life.
I LOST EVERYTHING
Friends and family…And some of the animals that meant the world to me.
A PERSON SPENDS THEIR ENTIRE LIFE SHAPING IT.
• After 12 years, I had to start over, and this time, I wasn’t about to risk being hurt again.
• Slowly, carefully, I began to shape my life from scraps.• This time, I was careful to be as picky as possible.
I INCLUDED ONLY THOSE I TRULY CARED ABOUT
Training horses PetsA close group of friends
ONCE UPON A TIME…• I surrounded myself with people.
MY LIFE MOTTO NOW:
Never trust a human being.
WORKS CITED• Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. Picador: n.p., 2006. Print.