http://michaeltaormina.blogspot.com/2011/02/reading-response-7.html?showComment=1297436047611#c8125924430107804247
In Michael's post he discusses how people change over time, more specifically in Ned Vizzini's book Teen Angst Nahh... He talks about how we don't notice it, whether it physical or psychological, if we are with them in everyday life. I too read this book, although a long time ago, I chose this post, because I think I can really connect to Michael's thinking.
Everyone changes. Whether your young, old, or middle aged, you change. Not only do you change in a physical way but also psychological like I said before. What Michael noticed was that sometimes we don't even notice it. My question is why? The obvious answer is because we're with them all the time, and it changes little by little. Although this is true, I think it's more complicated. Kids michael and my age are going through a time where we are maturing. Yes, we are getting taller, getting pimples, and obtaining hair in special places. Still, after all this happening we can't see with our stupid eyes that our friends are different from 6th grade.
In the book, like Michael says, Ned goes through a lot and changes. He goes through the same thing we are. Ned changes while his friends around him changes too. Now I think that's it. Since we are changing (at about the same rate) as each other, we are maturing both mentally and physically so we don't even know the difference. Our minds are fixed just like each other and we are going through the same thing. That's why when we go back and look at old 6th pictures we say, "Wow, we look so young." We didn't think that back then. We looked at old second grade pictures and said the same thing.
So I think Michael brought up a great point here. Even though this theory is brought up my question still remains why?
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