NEW theme essay

Have you ever felt weak, even when you have people you love in your life. Stolen By: Lucy Christopher and Before I fall, are two very common books. Both books are about love and strength. When the girls in these books go through tough times they both have people they love but can’t turn to therefore; they have to be strong on their own.

In Stolen by Lucy Christopher, even though Gemma tries to convince herself that she hates Ty, she knows deep down she loves him. When he saved her from dying in the desert Ty told her “I love you,” In the end of the book she says “I’ll tell them how I fell in love with you.” She realizes that she did not hate him ever that she in fact loves him. She had to have strength to admit the love for him.

Also, Gemma has to have strength to be strong and not admit her love for him. Because if she admits that, then Ty will think she wants to stay. He would have never taken her back then. She also had to be strong when she was in the desert. She was determined to get home or to safety. Even though she failed , she kept going until she couldn’t go anymore. She was strong.

In another novel, Before I fall a girl named Sam is in love with her boyfriend Rob. But, when Rob starts acting weird she can’t trust him. She knows that he just wants to “be” with her. Sam truly does love Rob, when she keeps reliving valentines day she can’t tell him. He’ll just think she’s crazy. She has to go with her gut and fix this without him. She had to be independent and fix everything on her own. Without turning to her boyfriend for help.

Sam has to be strong because, if she gives up she’ll keep living the same day over and over again. She has to fight to get her boyfriends, friends, mom, dad, sister, and her life back. At first she thought it was cool but, now she has to stay sturdy so that she can get back into the real world.

In both books, love and strength are important themes. They both love a certain person but, they can’t trust them at the moment. The themes in both books play out very similar. They have to be strong on their own.