Okay so, so far this book is going good. The first three chapters were kind of hard to understand at first but I got the jist of what's going on. So as I mentioned before the story is about 5 sisters and how they each one by one commit suicide. The first sister to go is Cecilia. In the book she is described as "a dreamer" "Somebody out of touch with reality". All the boys were fascinated with these five sisters. They would think of ways to catch thme in the shower or try and snatch a glimpse of their personal things. Anyways Cecilia was more of the "strange" one out of the sisters. She always wore a vintage 1920s wedding dress and kind of kept to herself. The first time she attempted suicide she was foind in the bathroom with her wrists slit. When the paramedics came to get her, they found a picture of the Virgin Mary attached to her. After spending time in the hospital she saw a psychiatrist and was asked why she had done this, her reponse was, "Obviously Doctor, you've never been a 13-year old girl." And they came to the conclusion that she had no intentions of ending her life, that this was simply a cry for help. So pretty soon, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon were advised to give their daughters a little more freedom. Once Cecilia was back home, they kept a close watch on her, when she wanted to take a bath she had to leave the door opened a crack and her parents took out and and all sharp objects. Anyways one night Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon decided to let their daughters throw a chaperoned party and invite all the boys from thier neighborhood. Cecilia was sjust sitting there in her wedding dress looking miserable, her mother then gave her permission to excuse herself from the party. Once she had done so, she went upstairs and jumped from the third floor window, meeting her death.


The point that I'm trying to make is this: For only being 13 years old, Cecilia was a pretty mature young girl with a very mature mind, which leads to my connection about teenagers in today's society; especially girls, they younger they are now a days the quicker they are growing up and they can't keep up with it, they don't know how to handle it, resulting in incidences such as depression which may lead to eating disorders, or even worse; suicide.