What I think of the main character.

I’m reading the book called Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. I would describe the main character Lia as insecure, lonely, depressed and sneaky. I would describe her as insecure because she struggles a lot with her weight. She has an eating disorder and she went to a facility to get help twice, but every time she was released she relapsed. I’d describe her as lonely because her parents are divorced, and she’s not close to either one of her parents especially her mom. Lia and her mom don’t see eye to eye so she moved in with her dad and stepmom. She doesn’t have very many friends; actually she doesn’t have any friends. The only friend she had, the two of them made a pact to be the skinniest girls in school, and in fact they were. However, something happened and they weren’t friends any more. I’d also describe her as depressed. I’d describe her as this because her parents are divorced, and a lot of kids get depressed when they’re parents are divorced. Also she’s not happy with her weight and a lot of girls that develop an eating disorder is because they feel like they can’t control anything going on in their life except what food goes into their body. She doesn’t have any friends, and going throughout high school especially your senior year and not having any friends can be hard and depressing. I’d also describe her as sneaky because she does a really good job of hiding her eating disorder from her father at least. Her mother and stepmother know that something is up again.