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Turn toward pessimism

Turn toward pessimism. Kayley Dipert. A girl with a perfect life. I had everything I could ever want: A perfect family A room full of toys Nearly a million friends (Or so it seemed in the world of a small child) To me, I owned the world.

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Turn toward pessimism

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  1. Turn toward pessimism Kayley Dipert

  2. A girl with a perfect life • I had everything I could ever want: • A perfect family • A room full of toys • Nearly a million friends (Or so it seemed in the world of a small child) • To me, I owned the world. • The perfect shot at my own personal fairy-tale Disney princess ending.

  3. I believed… • Parents are supposed to teach unconditional love. • Divorce only happens in the movies. • If you keep a positive outlook, everything will turn out perfectly in the end.

  4. I was wrong.

  5. There comes a time in a person’s life …When everything changes.

  6. Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

  7. The “d” Word • Divorce • A snowy day in kindergarten, I fell in the snow and soaked my clothes. • Naturally, I did what any logical child would do: I called my parents. • But no one answered.

  8. What is love? • Two loving parents • Someone to go to in your time of need • Trusting and believing in someone A LIE… • We are told to give us something to believe in. • Something no human being can truly provide.

  9. They say 18 years is adulthood • For me, 12 is the true meaning of adulthood. • At 12 years old, I was able to stand up to my mother in court • I looked her in the eyes, stood with trembling legs behind the stand, and spoke with a soft tone: “My mother molested me.”

  10. Four words and my mother was put away forever.

  11. Four words changed my life.

  12. I lost everything Friends and family …And some of the animals that meant the world to me.

  13. A person spends their entire life shaping it. • After 12 years, I had to start over, and this time, I wasn’t about to risk being hurt again. • Slowly, carefully, I began to shape my life from scraps. • This time, I was careful to be as picky as possible.

  14. I included only those I truly cared about Pets A close group of friends Training horses

  15. Once upon a time… • I surrounded myself with people.

  16. My life motto now: Never trust a human being.

  17. Works Cited • Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. Picador: n.p., 2006. Print. 

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