Reading Response to Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

       I am reading the book Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver.  I am about half way through and so far I am really enjoying it.  It is an interesting book about a popular girl who gets into a car accident and is killed.  Though she keeps reliving the day of her death over and over again.  She can change the outcome of that day by her actions, but so far even if she hasn't died she repeats that day over again.  She is getting extremely frustrated and annoyed with having to do this day over and over again.  The same basic things keep happening to her and she doesn't know how to get out of this cycle.  She needs to be able to tell someone and she wants answers badly.  Though she can't talk to anyone because she is scared they will think she is crazy.
      During the day she was killed the popular girl, Samantha Kingston, was mean and unfair to multiple different people.  I think that the reason she is reliving this day over and over and over again is so she can learn to treat people that may not be as popular and pretty as her with respect.  She also needs to learn to stand up to her friends when she disagrees with their actions.  They can be really mean to people and she goes along with it in order to avoid being the one they taunt.
      I think a lot of people can relate to Samantha.  People treat others poorly when they see other people treating them poorly because they are scared that they will become the victims if they don't.  This is understandable, but needs to be changed.  Everyone should learn that people who bully others have a very low self esteem and aren't very comfortable with themselves.  We need to learn to stand up to our friends if they do something that we don't think is right.  We need to face our fears and help other people that are being disrespected because if we were in their shoes, we would want help too.