Dreamland by Sarah Dessen Essay

Dreamland written by Sarah Dessen is a check ab bulge out a new-made woman named Caitlin. Caitlin was a normal misfire in high civilise, living with her parents and her one-time(a) sister Cass. Cass is the very opposite of Caitlin. Cass is outgoing, popular, a cheerleader, and was recently accepted into Yale. But on the morning of Caitlins sixteenth birthday, her and her parents erupt up to specify Casss earn give tongue to that she ran away to New York to be with her boyfriend. Everybodys virtu entirelyy to change tho Caitlin most of all. With eachbody in a consternation to find Cass, Caitlin merely stays to herself acute that Cass ceaselessly knows what she is doing.After about 3 weeks everything calmed take down. Caitlin tries to find any(prenominal)thing to keep her mind sullen of things. So her and her best friend Rina attempt out for cheerleading and made the team. Her mom was more than exited about it than she was. Her mom was at every practice and game c heering Caitlin on. Although Caitlin didnt cheerleading at all, she was besides bright her mom was happy. With her organism a cheerleader now she hung out with the other cheerleaders and the football players. She was expected to be holy and to date a football player. But that just wasnt her. therefore one shadow at a company she visualises Rodgerson.She falls in relish with him obligation away. With his mysterious side and moonlit green piths he was sodding(a) to her. She soon found out that he sells drugs and smokes cigarettes. But she loves being around him and being with him. She started smoking too and doing drugs with him. Everything was going perfect her parents really homogeneousd him. wiz night Rodgerson was showing Caitlin around his house when he was supposed to be meeting with his flummox. When his father stormed through the room Caitlin hid tail end the gate and watched Rodgersons soda pop yell at him and he suddenly chance upon him right crosswise the face.Rodgerson vanish to his feet while his dad kept yelling and finally left, slamming the gateway behind him. Caitlin, stunned, slowly walked everyplace to Rodgeron on the floor and just hugged him trying to be there for him. After that night they neer talked what happened. Caitlin never brought it up, only because she was afraid of what she whitethorn find out. They just acted like vigour had happened. Even when she noniced new bruises on his body knowing where they had come from. hotshot day she was let out from school late and Rodgerson had been waiting for over 45 minutes for her.She new he would be upset because he hated to wait. She was nau propertyed as she got into his gondola car so she directly tried and true to explain what had happened when he told her to boot out up and hit her right across the cheek. She couldnt move, not just because of the agonizing pain but because she was so surprised. She just sat back down in the seat and they drove in silence. B efore she got down to decease in her house he apologized not looking her in the eye and she just nodded slowly. When she got inside she told her parents that she had slipped outside on the black ice.They believed her. After what happened they never talked about it again. She just ignored it and thought he wouldnt do it again. Then he hit her again, and then again. He would hit her almost every time he would get upset. She didnt know what to do so she just covered the bruises with bagging clothes and if individual maxim she would just make an excuse. Her grades were failing, she quit cheerleading, and was doing more drugs. She was always in a daze, in a dreamland. It was the first day April, the annual party at Caitlins house.While everyone was reside making food and setting up, Caitlin unflinching to stay in bed all day since she didnt return to meet Roderson until later. Then Rina came, they hadnt talked in months. She woke Caitlin up with a bathing suit and burn mark lotio n in hand. She told Caitlin they where going to the lake. She didnt give her any option. Especially when everyone was ordinateing her to go too. Caitlin was so nervous that she would have Rodgerson waiting on her. She tried to tell Rina, but she didnt listen. So she tried to call Rodgerson but he wouldnt answer.When she finally made it mob, she saw his car. She ran to his car and got inside and immediately told him what happened. He slapped her and punched her so hard the door opened and she fell out of the car onto the grass. She couldnt get up the pain was too much. He started to yell at her to get up, but she couldnt. She could here the party behind her, she was praying somebody would just come out to find them. The neighbor across the street saw it all and called the police and her vex. She could feel her mother come up behind her clamant and screaming.She could here commotion and sirens getting surrounding(prenominal) and closer. All she could remember was Rodgerson being handcuffed and taken away. Finally awaken from her dreamland, Caitlin is taken to a rehabilitation center for care. They did not squash charges on Rodgerson. Rodgerson had to do community return and goes to jail frequently. After several months of her rehabilitation, she went home to her family and friends. She had no more bruises or pain. She was back to herself, she was happy. But what made her most happy was noticeing her sister Cass comes out behind everyone and gives her a hug.Overall, I did really like this book. It taught me lessons and I hope it teaches other girls the lessons too. One example is how to always tell person if your hurting or something is happening in your relationships. I did get a flyspeck bored while reading some parts because it was on going and over detailed. That is the only thing I did not enjoy about it. But this book was a very good one, and I would recommend it all girls. To first see how some people could hurt you when you least expected and t o always have someone to talk to and not hide from it.