Reading Response "It Happened to Nancy" 2.13.13
After reading the diary of an unknown teenager ("It Happened to Nancy"), It really got me to realize that in this world their are consequess for everything you do. Its all bout "Nancy", a regular girl that goes to school who has problems of her own; her parents are divorced, she lives with her mom while her dad lives in Arizona. The whole book is written by her. One day while at a concert with some of her friends, their was a huge fight. She couldnt find her friends any where, she starts not being able to breath, she meets a guy named Collin who saves her from the crowed. Collin charmed her immediately. Soon her and Collin start to hang out. Collin tells her he is a college student. Nancy is only 14 which means he has to be atleast 4 or 5 years older than her. She soons falls in love with Collin. They are like irresistible, in Nancys point of view They talk and have "Dates" They hang out during school hours and every time Collin wants to . One day weeks into their " relationship", Nancys mom takes a trip because of her job. Nancy thinks its a good/great idea to invite Collin over to her house. Collin ends up rapping her during their date or well more after they finish their date, when he was supposed to leave but he ended up rapping Nancy. Nancy doesnt want to agree with the fact that her "knight in shining amour " raped her. Weeks have passed bye and Nancy has looked for Collin everywhere. At the School he told her he studied at. It turns out that he did not ever study their, they have no idea who "Collin" is. Nancy starts to feel sick very sick. Weak not being able to do anything, tiring easily and fast. Her mother worry takes her to the hospital. she soon finds out that she has HIV/Aids. She doesnt tell her best friends. She than decideds she wants Collin to pay for what he did. She than goes to Arizona to live with her dad. She starts a whole new life with her dad. Wanting to forget that she has HIV/Aids. The whole book is about Nancy struggle with HIV/Aids and her wanting her favorite author to publish her book for other girls to know what she has gone through so that more girls dont go what she went though. Sadly she doesnt have a happy ending.
While reading this article I wondered, Why didnt Nancy tell anyone sooner. If she was feeling sick; weak and just sicky. why didnt she. She would have to tell someone about What collin did to her. She is supposed to trust her mom and tell her everything that was going on. She Told her mom too late. Maybe, just maybe if she would have gone to the hospital or to the doctors early their could have been something that would have helped Nancy. Their could have been treatments to help her stay alive or even maybe remove it. Maybe not remove it, but have it under control. She should have not kept quite. She could have hope in life. She went through pain everyday because she stayed quite.
On the other hand the virus was already in her. In her body growing everyday, killing her little by little. Killing the person she was. The Virus brought her closer to her family. To her parents who were divorced. She bonded with her dad who lives in Arizona. She went to live with him for a while. The virus was killing her so she wanted to be with her dad too, cause she has lived with her mom. Not saying that the HIV was a good thing. Cause it wasnt, she just learned a life lesson. It cost her life, but she set an example to many girls out their and mostly cause of what she did with her diary. She published it so many girls like how she was, dont go throw what she went through.
Life lessons dont always leave you time to correct your past. Some mistakes and lessons have to cost you something bigger than money, appearance, popularity, it cost you the most important thing of all, life. The best gift anyone could have is taken away in what looks like seconds. Nancy made every second of her life of what she had left worth it. She learned a lesson and became an role model to many girls out their like me.
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