Author's Note: This is something that was asked from Mrs. Mundt- to write a cause/effect short response to a book we read or an event that happened.
One event that
happened in the book, Pictures of Hollis Woods,
is that Hollis ran away from the Regans. Because of this, Hollis was sent to
other homes again- those of which didn't offer her a real family. Of course she
ran away from these, too, but the run that really matters is that of the
Regans.
If this little
detail (well sort of a huge one) was changed, and Hollis stayed at the Regans
house instead of running away, everything of course would be different. Hollis
wouldn't have the experience of being with Josie with her cat, Henry, being all
cozy in their house, watching old movies, carving a wood sculpture of her… the
list drones on. Mostly just that she wouldn't have met Josie or would have done
anything that had to do with her. Either option would've been fine, or the
right one, but I personally think that Hollis shouldn't have taken the chances
of being placed in another stupid house,
like all the ones before the Regans. Even if this meant not meeting Josie at
all, I think it would have been the right choice. Although, it was the author's
choice, and the book would have been quite boring without this major event
happening.
This story reminds
me of The Runaway bunny. I don't know how I thought of this book, as it's a
picture book that I was completely obsessed with in 2nd grade. In this book,
the bunny runs away from its mother- and his home. That means it's similar to Pictures of Hollis Woods because they both run
away from their home.
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