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.