Before I Die

In the book Before I Die Tessa and her father have a very distant and odd relationship. He loves her very much, and honestly she hates him. He spends hours on the internet searching for ways to help make Tessa better, but she just wants him to stop trying because she wants to live life to the fullest before its to late. Tessa's younger brother Cal, tries to encourage Tessa to get up and be active but she usually just brushes him off. I don't think that Cal feels neglected by his father, I think he understands that this is a really difficult time for his family, especially with their mom not really being around. Tessa and her mom have an odd relationship, when Tessa and Cal were younger their mom left them and their father for another man and she kind of dropped off the face of the earth until Tessa was diagnosed, then she started coming around again.

The true Qualities of a friend is somebody who has similar intrests and is there for you no matter what. A true friend is somebody that brings out the good in you, and somebody that wants the best for you. I personally dont think Zoey is a good friend but if I had to pick the quality that best describes Tessa and Zoey's friendship would be that they are always there for each other. Tessa's father called Zoey so she could try to motivate Tessa to get out of bed and do something. Tessa's brother Cal is not a big fan of Zoey and Tessa trys to explain to him that Zoey makes her feel alive. She makes Tessa feel like a normal human being instead of a disease, but Cal doesn't understand.

Tessa doesnt want to return to school because shes afraid that all the other kids will want to stay far away from her because they think they'll catch her cancer. She feels that Zoey will be the only one that understands and doesnt mind being around her and her illness. Zoey could talk to the kids at tessa's school but zoey cares too much about herself to do that.

Many emotions are expressed in this book by each character. Tessa, she experiences sorrow, lonliness, etc. but mostly lonliness. Tessa's father experiences mostly guilt because he feels that he could've done something to prevent Tessa from ever gettting sick. Tessa's mother also feels guilty for not being there as much as she should've been for her daughter and now she only has a few months.