Dreamland by Sarah Dessen Essay

Dreamland written by Sarah Dessen is a book near a young woman named Caitlin. Caitlin was a normal girl in high school, living with her parents and her older sister Cass. Cass is the very opposite of Caitlin. Cass is turn up exhalation, popular, a cheerleader, and was recently accepted into Yale. But on the morning of Caitlins 16th birth mean solar mean solar day, her and her parents wake up to find Casss letter keying that she ran external to New York to be with her boyfriend. Everybodys about to change solely Caitlin nearly of all. With everybody in a panic to find Cass, Caitlin serious stays to herself knowledgeable that Cass eternally knows what she is doing.After about 3 weeks everything calmed down. Caitlin tries to find something to keep her top dog off of things. So her and her best friend Rina tried out for cheerleading and make the team. Her mama was much exited about it than she was. Her mom was at every coif and game cheering Caitlin on. Although Caitlin did nt cheerleading at all, she was comely happy her mom was happy. With her being a cheerleader now she hung out with the other cheerleaders and the football players. She was evaluate to be perfect and to date a football player. But that just wasnt her. Then one night at a society she meets Rodgerson.She falls in love with him right away. With his mysterious side and dreamy green eyes he was perfect to her. She soon found out that he sells drugs and smokes cigarettes. But she loves being around him and being with him. She started smoking similarly and doing drugs with him. Everything was going perfect her parents really similard him. One night Rodgerson was wake Caitlin around his house when he was supposed to be meeting with his sustain. When his father stormed through the room Caitlin hid nates the door and watched Rodgersons dad cry (out) at him and he suddenly hit him right across the face.Rodgerson overleap to his feet while his dad kept exclaiming and finally left, sl amming the door behind him. Caitlin, stunned, slowly walked over to Rodgeron on the floor and just hugged him trying to be there for him. After that night they never chattered what happened. Caitlin never brought it up, only because she was triskaidekaphobic of what she may find out. They just acted like nonhing had happened. Even when she sight new bruises on his body knowing where they had come from. One day she was let out from school late and Rodgerson had been waiting for over 45 minutes for her.She new he would be upset because he hate to wait. She was nervous as she got into his political machine so she immediately tried to rationalise what had happened when he told her to shut up and hit her right across the cheek. She couldnt move, not just because of the excruciating pain but because she was so surprised. She just sat back in the seat and they drove in silence. forward she got down to stick around in her house he apologized not look her in the eye and she just no dded slowly. When she got inside she told her parents that she had slipped outside on the inglorious ice.They believed her. After what happened they never talked about it again. She just ignored it and thought he wouldnt do it again. Then he hit her again, and then again. He would hit her almost every time he would get upset. She didnt know what to do so she just covered the bruises with bagging robes and if somebody saw she would just make an excuse. Her grades were failing, she quit cheerleading, and was doing more drugs. She was always in a daze, in a dreamland. It was the first day April, the yearbook party at Caitlins house.While everyone was busy making nutriment and setting up, Caitlin decided to stay in bed all day since she didnt have to meet Roderson until later. Then Rina came, they hadnt talked in months. She woke Caitlin up with a bathing suit and suntan lotion in hand. She told Caitlin they where going to the lake. She didnt give her any option. Especially when eve ryone was telling her to go too. Caitlin was so nervous that she would have Rodgerson waiting on her. She tried to tell Rina, but she didnt listen. So she tried to call Rodgerson but he wouldnt answer.When she finally made it home, she saw his car. She ran to his car and got inside and immediately told him what happened. He slapped her and punched her so hard the door opened and she fell out of the car onto the grass. She couldnt get up the pain was too much. He started to yell at her to get up, but she couldnt. She could here the party behind her, she was praying someone would just come out to find them. The neighbor across the route saw it all and called the police and her mother. She could feel her mother come up behind her crying and screaming.She could here commotion and sirens getting closer and closer. all told she could remember was Rodgerson being handcuffed and taken away. Finally awaken from her dreamland, Caitlin is taken to a rehabilitation center for care. They did n ot press charges on Rodgerson. Rodgerson had to do corporation service and goes to jail frequently. After several months of her rehabilitation, she went home to her family and friends. She had no more bruises or pain. She was back to herself, she was happy. But what made her most happy was seeing her sister Cass comes out behind everyone and gives her a hug.Overall, I did really like this book. It taught me lessons and I hope it teaches other girls the lessons too. One example is how to always tell someone if your hurting or something is happening in your relationships. I did get a little bored while reading some move because it was on going and over detailed. That is the only thing I did not enjoy about it. But this book was a very levelheaded one, and I would recommend it all girls. To first see how some good deal could hurt you when you least expected and to always have someone to talk to and not hide from it.