My Predictions
Emily will get out of the book.
- In similar stories like My Unfair Godmother, the main character always returns from the fictional universe.
- No matter how the story ended, the ending would be inconclusive if she didn't escape the story. The reader would be left wondering what had happened to cause Emily to enter the story.
- This book is a romance. The main character, Emily, is not in control. She did not choose enter the book, which is a main plot point. The setting is also a relative utopia. Nothing majorly bad happens, and for the most part people live happily. Sad things happen, like Beth dying, but nothing unusual happened to cause that.
Emily will act differently after she leaves the story
- Emily changes how she acts because she doesn't want Beth to be upset by what she says.
- In 1861 people talked and acted differently. They had better manners and talked in a more polite tone. Emily wants to fit in so she starts acting like this. Since she was there for so long the new mannerisms will start rubbing off on her.
- In a sort of modern day adaption of sleeping beauty (I can't remember the exact name,) the girl that used to live during the 1600's starts to act like a modern day person, because that is what is expected in the time that she is in now.
- This is similar to real life Presidents. They have to be more careful about their social media pages and how much information they share about their personal life because people care more now that they are in a different social position.
Emily flopped down on her bed. The book sat limply on the floor somewhere near her feet. Emily ran over to her laptop and checked the date. It was November 26, the same day she had left. In fact, barely an hour had passed since she had entered the story. Relaxing, Emily started to realize things she had never noticed before. Everything seemed louder than usual. In 1861 there wasn't that underlying electric hum that you never payed attention to until it was gone. Emily looked out the window. She watched in horror as Jackson walked up to the door. She heard the faint ringing of the doorbell from downstairs She could feel the tension in the air as if the whole house was holding its breath. She ran to the top of the stairs looking down at the confused faces of the three people. Emily thought of the March sisters. She knew she had to say something. She tried to channel Jo's boldness. Emily walked down the stairs and said in one huge breath,
"Hi, Jackson. Sorry for the confusion Charlotte may like you, but if you really care then you should ask her for yourself. And as for Ann, she is too young for you. She's an 8th grader, you're a sophomore; the age difference is a little weird right now. If you really like her that much, ask again in a few years. Now, we clearly have a lot to talk about so why don't you leave now and we'll see you at school on Friday, okay? Great! Bye."
Emily practically shoved him out the door. Her sisters stared at her in awe. Then, they burst out laughing.
"That was hilarious!" Charlotte exclaimed.
Ann could barely breathe. When she could finally talk again she choked out "And the ironic-est thing is that he came here to talk to you," she laughed as Emily's face turned bright pink.
Emily and her sisters giggled through the next fifteen minutes. Whenever they started to calm down someone would quote Emily's monologue and they would all end up laughing so hard they were nearly crying. Emily thought about how she was going to miss the March sisters. It was going to be weird without them, but maybe her sisters in the present weren't so bad. She knew one thing for sure, no matter what happened in life she would always remember what she had learned living in Little Women.
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