Choices - Susan Kerslake

Biography
Susan Kerslake was born in Chicago, and then mimigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1996. She then worked at Children's hospital in the Child Life Department.

Symbol

God takes even the less deserving away from the ones we love.

Response
1. What do you think caused the accident?
-  I think Ken was watching Peggy to make sure she was okay and went off the road or crashed into another car.

2.What is Peggy's sense of her relationship with Ken before the accident? Does it change after the accident?
- Peggy says she wouldn't expect to date a guy like Ken and everyone is surprised that their relationship even became serious.

3. Does Ken show Peggy that he feels any sense of responsabiliy to her after the accident?
- Yes. I think that after the accident when he is sitting in the waiting room he feels responsible because he stays there craddling his head in his hands, and does not leave.

4.  Does this story have a good ending?
- I think it does. I had to read it a couple times but the use of figurative language was really strong and i actually felt as if i was in her shoes.


Critisism

1. Why do you think the author wrote the text?
- I dont think the author necisarily had a reason to write the text.

2. What does the author want you to think?
- I think the author wants us to think about how life can be taken away from us at any moment and we should live life to the fullest and not stand by and coward to the extremes of life.

3. Do you belong to any of the groups in the text?
- I have never been in a car accident so no i have never been in that situation, but i have been in a relationship with someone adn sometyhing happened and it made me feel closer to the person because i was there for him when he needed a friend.

4. Does the story remind you of a real life event?
- I had a boyfriend once and we broke up over some harsh problems. We were still friends after that but recently his dad's cancer came back and he needed a friend to talk to and i was here for him and this experience made me feel like i was closer to him.

5. Does the story remind you of another book or movie on a similar topic?
- Not that i can think of off the top of my head.

6. How does the story help you think about social isues and social justice?
- Idoesnt.

7. What action might you take from at you have learned?
- I am gong to be a very careful driver when i am 17.

8. What big question has this text left you with?
- Do i close off people when i am in a relationship with them?