This is Allison Lee. Allison is a girl from the Midwest, who loves cross country and even dabbles in drama club, and sings outside of school.The way she talks to you makes you feel as if she’s your best friend. But friendly can only take you so far in life. It takes courage and determination to get what you really want in life.
The first thing that strikes you about Allison is her cheerful personality and her interest in writing. She seems like a likable character, and you want to talk to her more. You begin to realize that she’s probably one of the nicest girls you’ve met so far. Talking to her flips a switch inside of you that makes you talk like you only do with your closest friends, because that’s her personality. You sense that she is a caring person, and a friendly girl. She seems like the type of person who can become friends with anyone. It’s a nice feature for someone to have.
This is a story about how interests develop into careers and how time no longer goes by slowly. It is about how anyone can no longer say that they know exactly what they want. It is a story about how life comes at a crazy pace once high school starts, and the time people often lose themselves.
Who is Allison Lee? Allison is a girl in high school, but she’s much more than that. She’s a girl who will procrastinate until the last second with any kind of story she writes, unless it’s a sport story, because “no one wants to hear about an old game.” She’s the girl who doesn’t know what she’s going to do in the next few years. She’s the girl that really doesn’t know what she wants out of life right now, except to live life to the fullest. Allison takes matters into her own hands if she wants things done right. She’s the girl who would rather work in a group with people to bounce ideas off of them than work alone.
It is always hard to be the new person. The underdog, the new kid in the group, especially if they’ve been writing with each other for those middle school years. The feeling of loneliness those first few days. Alone. No one. Of course, with her bubbly personality, that wasn’t a problem after awhile. Allison learned that she was good at journalism, even liked to write the stories she was given. It wasn’t a chore, it was fun. The stories may have even been exciting to write.
Of course what makes Allison interesting is her unknown plans for the future. It shows that she’s not ready to map out her life because she’s too busy living in the moment. She plans to either major in Journalism or an English major, but she hasn’t ruled out the possibility of becoming a dietitian. Allison isn’t 100% sure of her plans right now, but in reality, who is in high school?
Excellent. I like the description of her personality and how it lets you open up to her. The writing anecdote works. What has she struggled with the most? The big picture is implied... the idea of knowing one's self in high school, but you could develop that as a theme and show how Allsion succeeds or doesn't. Nice work.
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