Your Past is Important

       Sometimes I convince myself that doing one thing is a good idea, but soon I realize that I was wrong. In the book Diverent by Veronica Roth, the main character Tris chose to move away from home and change her life forever. She thinks that it was a good idea, but after her mother comes to see her, she makes Tris realize that she misses her family and doesn't want to forget about her past, by telling her to go and visit her brother. She misses her old life and her family, all her new friends and leaving her, her teachers don't like her, and she is constantly getting beaten up by a group of bullies.

       This part of the book is meaningful because it shows that you should never forget where you came from. You should revisit your past. Tris was trying to convince herself to forget her family but when she saw her mother and brother, she realized how important her old life is to her and she doesn't want to forget it. 

       Once I got to the 6th grade, every day during lunch, I would wait outside for my friends from my old school to come outside. Once i saw them, it was like a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders and I felt happy. Soon, my friends started bring their own new friends to lunch with us. I thought that my friends were rude and unthoughtful for bringing knew people to eat lunch with us. A couple weeks later, I noticed that nobody was paying attention to me. I realized that my friends had started to act differently. I didn't fit in anymore. So I stopped eating with them and ate with my new friends instead of my old ones. I thought that I should just forget about the and focus on my new friends. But, now I realize that your past is what makes up your life and you shouldn't just try to forget about it. So, I shouldn't forget my friends.