-So far I've found 2 or 3 things I know for sure to be a very deep story. By deep I mean that Dorothy tells a story that can be very similar to what many other people have experienced growing up and that's what keeps me interested and wanting to read more. With this story I feel like we're finally reading something that I can relate to or closely to. As we see, Dorothy is not shown much freedom or love from her family. She seems to be powerless growing up and is always reminded by someone of her lack of what they feel is "beauty". She is abused not only physically but mentally.
-The way I feel like I can relate is story of my brother Erik. Though I call him my brother, we are not blood, the story follows. Erik growing up was my brother Matt's best friend throughout the middle and high school years. Erik is similar to Dorothy because of how he was treated by his family and parents. He was always told by his mother how he was a useless bastard and would never accomplish anything in life just like his father who was in jail. His mother abused him and often times took away everything he had developed love for. For him those things ranged from pets, clothes, even to a laptop he used for graphic editing. Eventually he moved in with us during his senior year of high school and today he's very successful working and living comfortably in Alabama. Erik's mother I would say plays the role of Dorothy's stepfather. I can't relate to this directly because growing up I was always shown love by my parents and family, like many others I was taught that I can be whatever I dream to be. I was loved as I feel everyone should be, but Dorothy is not. She's told what she can't do, what she can't think about and never does she see what she is capable of or how beautiful she really is.
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