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The sun was setting, and we were trapped in the never-ending loop of road. My mom and my younger self were very scared, but my dad tried to stay positive, and cracked puns from time to time. I can also connect this to the book, ‘ALWTW’ when the main character Salva’s uncle made jokes and tried to make each other stay positive in a war.

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However, no father could remain in a good state after her daughter’s death. Imagine the death. Imagine the loss. Imagine the unexpected goodbyes that will tear the family in pieces. Torrey caught her dad crying with Miranda’s belongings in his hand. I can connect this situation to my dad when we were lost in ‘Jiu zai gou’ (not sure if the name is correct), a beautiful yet dangerous place in China.

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In this book, can’t look away, Torrey’s dad stays strong, gathering up the shattered pieces of the last bit of his sanity, to keep the family in shape. After Miranda’s death, Torrey’s mom was suffering from depression, and Torrey was too. It just didn’t show. His dad tries to remain positive as the story evaluated by making unnecessary jokes in times.

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I can connect this with the actual internet community today. Some of the people communicating using social media, takes advantage of the mask of anonymity and tries to judge people without understanding, or not even trying to understand the actual story. The book shows the result, the truth of a person after receiving the brutal comments.

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I can connect this with the actual internet community today. Some of the people communicating using social media, takes advantage of the mask of anonymity and tries to judge people without understanding, or not even trying to understand the actual story. The book shows the result, the truth of a person after receiving the brutal comments.

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However, that attention and love was no longer Torrey’s, it was her sister miranda’s. After Torrey’s post of Miranda’s death in the shopping mall, turning back towards her was easy. She was having a sister fight with Miranda as usual, and that was when the driver had hit Miranda with the car. The sudden death of her sister confused Torrey, but made it twice the harder with the unusual hate comments.

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In this book, can’t look away, the main character Torrey Gray is going through intolerable hate from the internet community. Social media is something cannot live without. Especially Torrey. She works as her other name, Beautystarz on youtube to spread her knowledge about fashion and Beauty. Thousands and thousands of subscribers used to look up to her, admire her, and loved her.

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I know a lot of the people out in the world have experienced the pain too, because we can’t be perfect at all times. That is why I think Torrey Gray in this book is a good representation/connection to express how people would react to the regretful past.

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Torrey also thinks how bad she feels for her sister Miranda when she made such decisions. People usually don’t bring back happy memories of the past; they tend to bring back the old and dusty ones that kept bugging them. Regretting something is the worst thing that you can possibly do, since you can’t make an effort to change the past.