Can love be easy, while hate takes courage?
[ Is that even possible.. ]
Dear Reader,
Everyone wants what they can’t have. But would you still want that person if they were the reason your life is no longer the same. All that balances out with the theme of Love and Hate in a book called Leaving Paradise written by Simone Elkeles. Maggie was the girl hit by a car, driven by Caleb, and put into physical therapy for a year. While Caleb Becker was sent to juvenile detention, after that year they soon met again unexpectedly back in school. They both face their nightmares, fears, and secrets as they come back to reality. You would think that someone who caused you so much pain mentally and emotionally would be the person you couldn’t stand to be around. You soon realized that that’s the only person who truly understands you. Love and Hate was a theme that I considered to be the most important throughout this book because it seemed to me that the characters in this book should’ve hated each other for life. But when they soon realize that it’s only them two against the world they feel as if, at one point, that they were destined to be together.
Sincerely,
Kiara Shaw
"Love is a given, hatred is acquired"
Dear Maggie,
We have heard about your story and thought that maybe we could just give you a little helpful hints on how to handle a situation. How can you sit here and claim that you still may have feelings for this guy, when he turned your life around completely. I mean you had it all, the friends, the popularity, and even the scholarship. Your future was set and there was no doubt that you weren't going to have a successful future. But then this guy you say you cannot stop thinking about hits you with his car. That just doesn't make any sense and i see no reason for you to stick around. Leave him and let him feel all the pain you did. And also this guy just randomly disappears on you at the last minute and when you needed him the most. What kind of friend or even supposedly soul mate is that. He was terrible and i suggest you leave him.. FOR GOOD!
Sincerely,
A Very Pessimistic Advice Columnist
Dear Maggie,
I've recently heard about your situation and your accident. I am terribly sorry, and from what I've read it seems to me that you really enjoy being around this guy even though he might have scarred you for life. It seems to me like you have forgiven him and decided to move on with life. That's the kind of attitude i would have suggested because you cannot reminisce on the past because you'll never be able to have or even live your future which is an important part of life. So forgiving and forgetting is a good technique and i also would consider you to continue to look for this guy because it seems to me that you have true honest, genuine feelings for him. And someone like him is worth fighting for. So take your chances and if it doesn't work out , in the end you can at least said you tried.
Sincerely,
A very optimistic advice columnist
Dear Caleb,
I just wanted to let you know that you may be a very strong person. But your only a strong person because you're able to walk around with your head held high like you didn't do anything. How can you even manage to live with yourself. The least you could do was talk to her and ask her if she was okay or something? i mean you walk past her like you don't even see her, how selfish can you possibly be. Maybe if you would've told everyone it was your sister who hit her and not you. I wouldn't even have to be writing this advice letter to you. Next time, just tell the truth and start acting right so you don't end up going to juvie for a crime you didn't even commit, or even worse ending up in prison for a crime you did commit.
Sincerely,
A very pessimistic advice columnist
Dear Caleb,
First off, i think it was very brave of you to talk the blame for a crime you didn't even commit. You have a true heart. And i understand why you would do something like this because when i was little the same incident had happend to me and my brother. And of course, i was blamed for it. But i always had promised my brother that i would never tell anyone. Just like you did to your sister! It was a hard promise to keep but i did, served the time, and paid the price, eventhough i didn't commit it. Sometime thats how life is, you just got to learn to put others feelings in front of yours in order to grow. So even though you are probably out doing community work, i just wanted to tell you to keep your head up high because it will get better.
Sincerely,
A very optimistic advice columnist
"Hate leaves ugly scars; whereas, love leaves beautiful ones"
Life Lesson's List : For Maggie.
Don'tNever fall in love with the enemy.- Always forgive and forget.
- Know who your true friends are.
- Be careful when using the words "friends" in front of the word "my true".
- True love only comes ever so often.
- Hating someone is not the resolution to anything.
- Isn't forgiving your enemies, the only way to trully beat them?
Life Lesson's List: For Caleb.
- Always love your family.
- Never hate those close to you.
- Staying positive is a key to healthful living.
- "Hate is easy, Love takes courage"
- Which type of scar would you want to leave? Ugly or Beautiful?
- Never leave the one you love for the one you like.
- Don't be blinded by love.
"Love and Hate are opposites, if people say love is the most important thing in the world, then what is hate?"
Dear Myself,
I don't know why i even loved this guy in the first place. I mean obviously he didn't even notice me before. So all those times i had taken time out of my day to just sit and watch him do his daily rountines i now see was just a waste of time. Like how could i have been so blinded by love? I didn't even realize what i was doing. I feel so stupid and don't understand what i found so attractive about him. Because now when i look at him, all i see is a disgusting boy who walks around as if he did nothing wrong. Like who does he think he is , i just don't understand. But if i was put into his position i don't think i could handle returning to a city that despises me in every single way possible. I just don't think i could put up with all the rumors and little remarks. I mean i can barely handle what people were going to say to me as a result of returning to the school. I was completely terrified and didn't know what to expect since i hadn't been there in over a year. Which may sound like a good thing but it wasn't. Or was it? After the accident i didn't know what to think , feel , or even expect. I wasn't even sure at that point i was alive... But as soon as i got to school i didn't know what to expect the most of since i would be probably coming into contact with the guy who hit me with his car. We never talked before but now it'd be extremely awkward. But skipping ahead, once me and Caleb did talk and i soon realized that he was the only person that trully understood how i felt, since we had became outcasts to the entire city. It wasn't a big city so news got around fast. But i don't know why i didn't see our similarities before, but once he left me i really didn't understand what his point of view was after that cause i became extremely scared to even think about him because i had fallen in love with him. Or so at least i thought..
Sincerely,
Maggie
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