"Hey Nostradamus!" (pgs.189-228) Agueda Gomez English 100

    In this part of the reading, it turns out that approximately a year before Jason disappeared, Jason had gone to Allison's house and gave her a note. The note was meant for Heather. Jason had told Allison (her real name is Cecilia) that if he were to ever go missing to pretend that he is contacting Heather from the beyond. When Heather finds this out through Cecilia's daughter, she feels better because she is know able to sleep at nights. The screwed part about the situation is that Cecilia manipulated Heather and made her fix her car (which cost over $2,000) and charged her $5,000 for her last "message" from Jason. She took advantage of the situation. She knew how much Jason meant to her and knew how much she would do for information on Jason and that s why she took advantage of her. When Heather finds out that Allison is a phony, she confronts her and retrieves that letter. In the letter we see what jason had written. He had made scripts and descriptions of every single character that him and Heather had made together. There was Froggles, Bonnie T. Lamb, Cloveriness, etc. This was a way that Heather would believe Allison because nobody else knew about these characters but Jason and Heather. Jason did this so that Heather could believe this fake side kick and she would find some sort of comfort.
     In my opinion, readings 189-228 were pretty upsetting. The reason I say this is because I expected a little more in reference to Jason's disappearance.To me, it was not a good ending because were not sure exactly what happened to Jason; the only thing we do know is that he is most likely dead. The other messed up part about the reading is that it sounds like a gloomy ending for Heather because she might be lonely for ever. I think that what the author was trying to convey throughout this book is that people are hypocrites, even the "purest" looking people are deceiving and to not become a part of all that hypocrisy. Some people are born to die alone, to be invisible. Throughout this chapter, we see how people can be heartless and take advantage of other people. How you give them your hand and they end up yanking your foot.