Journal #8 (senior year)

In the book Glass, my favorite character would have to be the main character, Kristina ("Bree"). Even though she makes all of the wrong choices in life and she is addicted to drugs, I have to admire her perseverance. For almost 2 years she has battled with this drug addicted (this being the second novel in her story)  and even thought the drug does take over her personality in most situations, when it really counts and she has to make a decision, she fights back.
Also, in a book about a drug addicted teen with no job, no college degree, a baby created from a rape, and a cheating boyfriend, there is too much depression going on so you have to find the rare funny moments to make fun of. Whenever "Bree" comes out, she has no filter and she is much more confronting than Kristina is which make every encounter with her somewhat interesting which lightens up the novel slightly.

Journal #7 (senior year)

"How I came home
no longer
Kristina Georgia
Snow, gifted high
school junior, total
dweeb, and
perfect
daughter, but
instead a stranger
who called herself Bree.
How, no matter
how hard
Kristina
fought her, Bree
was stronger, brighter,
better equipped to deal
with a world where
every thing moved at light
speed, everyone mired
in ego. Where “everyday”
became
another word
for making love with
the monster."

In the book Glass by Ellen Hopkins, Kristina is a drug addicted teen who has created an "alter ego" of sorts for herself when she is on drugs. As you can see from the quote above, "Bree" is stronger and braver than Kristina could ever be, and I think that is part of the reason why Kristina keeps taking the drug. She likes how powerful she can become when Bree takes over.
This book is not only a well told story from a unique perspective and writing style, but it also gives great insight to why addicts do and say the things that they do and say while under the influence. It has a lot to do with the fact that the drug gives them confidence that they would have never had otherwise. Sometimes this confidence is a good thing, but in most of the situations Kristina/Bree encounter, her confidence gets her into even more trouble down the road.

Journal #6 (senior year)

The quote above is from the book Glass by Ellen Hopkins. This book is told from the point of view of a girl named Kristina who is addicted to drugs. She is not herself when she is on them, and while Kristina is on drugs she meets a guy named Trey. She thinks that he is the love of her life (even though you can clearly see that he is a 'player'). She says the quote above  near the end of the novel when she is trying to understand living with him and dealing with his outbursts, stealing her money, drug problem, and him cheating all at once (not to mention she has a baby living with her all in a one bedroom apartment). Even if all of this wasn't going on, raw emotions in a new relationship can cause anyone to act/feel irrationally, so I can completely understand this quote and the confusion that goes along with it. To put it simply, she is a girl falling in love with a bad person.