Dreamland

In the book dreamworld Sarah Dessen explores and illustrates fleshly abuse and loving soul so everyplace oftentimes that you brook not leave. Catlin OKoren shows many signs of acquire abused such as bruises, feeling mentally drained and using drugs to escape the pain. By the centre of attention of the book Catlins friend Rina suspects manything is wrong with Catlin tho says nothing because she feels it might ruin their friendship. Catlin consequently becomes emotionally and somatogenicly attached to Rogerson, and if she ever if late for something she fears that he might hurt her, but she for some think also feels safe nigh him.In the book Dreamland the main quality Catlin OKoren deals with many challenges such as, her sister Cass meldning away, physical abuse, and later vent to rehab for drugs. At the beginning of the book the main character Catlin woke up on her birthday to find a present from her sister Cass sitting appearside of her room access with a garner a ttached to it saying that she had running play away. My sister Cass ran away the morning of my sixteenth birthday, she left(a) a present, wrapped sitting bulge outside my introduction (Pg. 1, Par. 1).Cass was supposed to go to Yale in a few days but was feeling too much pressure from her parents to be perfect, so Cass ran away with her swell Adam to be together. Catlin and thusly becomes lost without Cass around and feels she has no one to tell her feelings to since Catlin has been with Cass her whole life. In the middle of the book Catlin was watching Television when she truism Cass on a television show called The Larmont whipper Show Catlin and Her parents rasetually find out that Cass has run away to New York, and watch the show workaday to try and catch a glimpse of Cass.Cass last decides to call home and tell them where she went and that she is O.K., but Catlin pass on not slop to her because she is afraid to hear her sisters voice again. Catlin then gets a lett er at the end of the book from Cass saying that she was not happy and Yale was the termination place she wanted to be. By the end of the book when Catlin comes home from Rehab Cass is at that place at her welcoming home party. Cass running away was a prime example of the challenges that Catlin faced throughout the book. wiz thing I have learned over the past couple of months, it is that sometimes you have to soaked your eyes and just jump (pg. 38, par. 16). Catlin First bumps Rogerson at the car wash and vacuum station when she was acquiring quarters for her friend to clean her car. Catlins friends had an feeling almost Rogerson, and that opinion was right, that he looks like a drug dealer. Their relationship starts off with Catlin figureing Rogersons dad abusing him because he was late to one of their parties. Rogerson then feels the need to get his anger out by tallyting Catlin. Rogerson first abuses Catlin later the athletic junket at school, because he had to wait a massive time for Catlin after(prenominal) she stopped to see if Rina was okay when he match me, I didnt see it coming.It was a quick blur, a flash out of the corner of my eye, and then the side of my face exploding, burning, as his hand slammed against me ( ). This was Catlins thought as Rogerson hit her for the first time. Rogerson then began to hit Catlin all the time, even over the slightest thing, if she showed up late to anything, was seen with another guy, or even just for fun, he would hit her. Rogerson then began hitting Catlin places where it was not noticeable and she could cover it up easily. Catlin then became an avid drug user to deluge her feelings since she was not able to tell anybody well-nigh Rogerson abusing her.The last time that Rogerson hit Catlin was because Rina took Catlin to her lake house and she was late to meet Rogerson at her house. She knew the hit was coming but never expected it to be as hard as it was. The hit was so hard that when he hit her and she got out of the car and fell on to her lawn and blacked out. He began kicking her telling her to get up, when Catlins bring came out of the house to stop Rogerson and called the police on him. Rogerson then went to jail but even after him hitting her she still loved him. This is book is a love story about loving someone so much that you cannot leave.Rogerson hitting Catlin is an example of physical abuse loving someone a petty(a) too much. At the end of the book Catlin finally admits to her parents about doing drugs to escape the pain and ends up dismissal to evergreen, a rest care facility. When she first gets there she is very shy and does not want to talk to her therapist, but once she is there longer she begins to control surface up and tell him about what had happened to her. While she was in the rest care facility she thought about Rogerson constantly and how she still loves him and misses him After all that happened, how could I miss him?But I did. I did (pg. 233 par. 27). This is Catlin explaining that after all that happened with Rogerson she still missed him. After a month of being in Evergreen Catlin was qualification a lot of progress and was let out of the facility. When she arrived home she was surprised by a take home party with Rina, Boo, Stewart, and her mom and dad. Catlin starts telling everyone about her time at evergreen when her sister Cass shows up to the party. Catlin seeing Cass there was like a wiz of relief and that she could finally take a fertile breath and get out of dreamland.Catlin going to Evergreen, then coming home to see Cass was a lustrous way to end the book and Catlin going to Evergreen was something people should know a little to a capaciouser extent about. Catlin faces many challenges in the book such as her sister Cass running away, physical abuse, and going to rehab for drugs. Sarah Dessen does this in a very compelling and interesting way. This was a great topic to read about and everyone should be info rmed about how physical abuse can mentally and physically hurt you. Sarah Dessen does a great job explaining a difficult topic for some people.