THE SHAPE OF WATER

The book "The Shape of Water" by Allen Spollen, is mainly abut a girl that has to deal with a loss of her mother. Her mom dies and she is left to deal with a lot of emotions she doesn't know how to handle
On top of that her dad is getting remarried to a women who has a son. And she has many encounters with way different people as she struggled to figure out her feelings. And then there is another crisis in her life that she then has to deal with. I think that having the 'random' encounters is a way of saying that anything can  happen when ever and where ever. I think that the author was more directed at the idea of loss and healing. But i really noticed the more 'small' things she but in there.

Allen showed what i got of her writing mostly through big gestures. Such as death, and abandonment. I think that's what makes the ideas noticeable but the little things make it different. You meet so many people that have been through so much. And the ones who you get to know, even just a little bit, leave an impact on you. The happy ones show you that you can feel better. you can heal and if you want to and if you try you can be happy. The sad ones show that they've been through so much and either you don't want your life to be like that, you want to be the one who makes it out stronger. Or that their are people who have been through worse than you. There will always be people who have less than you and worse situations, and you should be thankful for what you have. I think that all of this, meeting people, is part of the realization of the healing process. That's the first step, you feel sorry for yourself, then you experience and start to realize, then you work with the people who care about you to get through the tough times.

There's always that one thing that sets you off. It's different for everyone, and when it happens to you, it feels like the end of the world, whether it is or not. And seeing different people and seeing different situations helps you put things into perspective. To see what others go through help you see that it'll be okay, it will help you make it okay. It helps you see how different the situation can be, but how the same the pain can be.

People say it's the little things that count. But that's not true, they all count. the little things may help more, and the big things may help more, that what really makes it count. And people never seem to see the little things though. They're waiting for a big giant sign to some along to change everything, when a little thing all along could've helped, and it just need a little work put into it. The girl in this story waits a little to late to realize this, and that helps me realize that i shouldn't wait, just from a small story from a girl i don't even know.