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Theme 2: Betrayal of the trusted ones
Example 1
Courtney, who ignores Hannah for a while in the halls and in private, starts to act friendly
to Hannah all of a sudden. Hannah, being curious of why Courtney was being friendly all
of a sudden, asks, “I asked why you wanted to hang out after ignoring me for so long. But
of course, you denied ignoring me at all” (Asher 100). Then, Courtney asks Hannah to go
to a party together and decides to ride Hannah’s car. Hannah starts to realize that
Courtney was using Hannah for a ride and nothing else. “I wanted to be wrong about you,
Courtney... I wanted you to see it as me picking you up so we could go to a party
together. And that is very different from me giving you a lift”(101). This quote says that
Hannah was upset for the fact that Courtney used Hannah for her ride instead of wanting
her as a real company. Then, as Hannah is about to leave, Courtney tries to stop Hannah,
but Hannah refuses. “Courtney begged me to stay... ‘Find another ride,’ I said. And I
left”(117).
Analysis 1
Hannah felt betrayal because Courtney used Hannah as her driver to a party instead of
attending it as friends. When Courtney asked Hannah to go to a party with her, Hannah
actually felt happy even though she had doubts. However, by realizing the fact that
Courtney was only using Hannah to give her a ride, Hannah gets very upset. This
represents betrayal because Hannah didn’t think of Courtney as a girl who would do such
a thing, but because Courtney did, Hannah lost trust in the people who she interacted
with.