Ever Davies weighs over three hundred pounds. A vicious voice insider her head, named Skinny, tells her the unwhispered thoughts of her classmates. Ever knows she is fat and probably will never be loved, but Skinny makes sure she never forgets it. She pushes people away because she thinks they think a certain way about her because of what Skinny has told her, but they don't. Skinny thrives on making Ever's life miserable, as if it isn't hard enough being an obese teenager in today's society without having to know everyone's unspoken comments. She is terrified of having to answer questions in class or go up to the board. She hates the tiny desks because she cannot fit into them so people make fun of her. It's not like she wants to be fat. She basically "ate her feelings" because from when her mom died. She had a connection of eating with her, and she thought that eating a lot might bring her back somehow. People can be very cruel. Our society doesn't mind judging people based on unimportant things like weight. Ever hated herself because she was large. Though she took this hatred and put is somewhere good. She used it as a drive to change. She went through a risky surgery that cut her stomach into a small pouch to make herself skinnier. She saw what she wanted to do, and did it no matter how hard it could be.
I admire Ever Davies in lots of ways. She pushed herself to do something extremely difficult physically and emotionally. Even though she accepted herself others didn't. Though I hate that she thought she had to risk her life in order to be accepted by society. Skinny is just an example of what people's thoughts can do to a person. How much they can dictate a person's life even if it is "just a joke." This is a very important thing to understand. Small comments that don't mean anything can do a lot of damage, without you even knowing it.
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