iRead Journal Prompt #1 for The Declaration

AJ Pendharkar

English III Honors

Coach Morrell

April 3, 2013

iRead Journal Prompt #1 for The Declaration

            There were many important events in the book, but the most important one was when Anna met Peter.  Peter was the gateway of happiness for Anna; he helped her meet her parents, escape from Grange Hall, and become a Legal.  When they first met, Anna hated Peter and tried to avoid him at all costs; she thought he was a trouble maker and knew if she was around him it would hurt her chances of being the best Surplus.  Anna did whatever it took to be on good terms with Mrs. Pincent.

            As Anna got closer with Peter, he told her about her parents, which upset Anna.  She believed her parents hated her and didn’t want anything to do with her, and thought that Peter was lying to upset her.  However, when Peter started calling her ‘Anna Covey’, she knew he knew something.  Nobody has used her last name in years, and she thought how Peter would know it.  On top of that, Peter knew she had a birthmark that looked like a butterfly on her stomach.  At Grange Hall, Mrs. Pincent was the only one that knew about that, and she told Anna it wasn’t a butterfly, but a dead moth.  Peter not only turned Anna’s life completely around, but also helped her grow as a person.  The second they met, Anna knew that he was different because his eyes were darting everywhere; Surpluses weren’t allowed to look everywhere, they had to stare at the ground.  After a lot of persuasion, Peter finally convinced Anna to escape with him and go to London to finally meet her parents.  Once they both got sent to solitary, they finally made their escape and within a couple of days of hiding in various locations from the Catchers, they finally made it to London.

            Peter persuaded Anna to leave Grange Hall, led her in the escape route, protected her through the rigorous journey, and safely got her to her parents.  He was probably the most important thing that happened in Anna’s life.  Without Peter, Anna would have still been at Grange Hall being forced to do chores that she didn’t want to do.