Personal Connections

I made a lot of personal connections to the main character of the book, My Sisters Keeper. The girl, who's name is Anna, is a very independant 13 year old, and considering that I was about 13 years old when I first read the book, I could connect to her feelings very well. As I read the story, I found myself in sympathy with many of her. Because of both age and gender similarities, it was easy to understand a lot of the points that she made and to be interested in her story. The more times I have read the book (I tend to do that =]]), the more I understood where she was coming from, but as I have got older, and she stays the same age~I have realised that there were many things I did not understand about her when I first read the story; that my own experiences helped me to identify with.

I beleive that it is important to make personal connections with characters in books, in some way or another, so that you stay interested in the story (wow...that sounds selfish doesn't it>but I guess it's true!). Personal connections also help you learn from the character, appreciate the mistakes the character has made, or consider what they could have done differently!