Dear Caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can't.
The book Hold Still, by Nina LaCour, shows many social issues in the world by using teenagers. The main issue the book revolves around is friendship and fear.
The quite above is a note that Ingrid wrote to Caitlin, her best friend, after she committed suicide by cutting her wrists, deeply. This shows that Ingrid has been living with fear of friendship. Throughout the story Caitlin discovers her best friend's journal, and after reading it, she regrets almost everything she has ever done.
She has never noticed the fear Ingrid had in their friendship. Ingrid and Caitlin have been best friends, but Ingrid took her life away because of the fear she had of telling her best friend her opinions, on everything.
She wanted to tell her about everything, from her feelings, to what happened in first period. Ingrid was afraid that Caitlin wouldn't care, that it would affect their friendship.
A while after Ingrid is gone, Caitlin finds a friend, who's lesbian, and has a girlfriend. Friends are found everywhere. The book is written from Caitlin's perspective, and it seems that Ingrid's death is used as a reminder of what mistakes not to make in her friendships.
Friendship plays an important role in the book. The main character's life depends on friendship. What happens at home doesn't matter, all that matters is friendship. Friendships can change your life in many ways.
I agree with your idea that friendships can change your life in many ways because my friends change my life and I wouldn't be the one I was today without them. I also think that if Ingrid tells Caitlin whats going on then maybe she wouldn't end up committing suicide. Overall, I think that in a friendship, you should speak up if you have a problem in order to solve it before it gets too late.
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