Natalie Van Alstyne                                                                                           9-16-14

711                                                                                                 Reading Response/Essay


                      This past summer I read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashres. This book is about four best friends who have known each other all of their lives.   Bridget, who goes to soccer sleep away camp, Lena, who goes to Greece to see her family, Carmen, who goes to South Carolina, and Tibby, who stays home and works at Wallmans the local super market, all over one summer. In the book, Carmen goes to the thrift store and buys a pair of "magical" jeans before they all leave each other.  Somehow all of the girl fit into the jeans are magical because each girl fits into the jeans and the pants travel with each of the girls over part of the summer and gets sent to another girl after they are done with it.  In this essay I will show you how this book was inspiring and fun.

                     The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was inspiring to me because of the relationship of the girls together as friends. There bond together as friends was very special. They all were very close with one another, and supported each other through everything. One example how they supported each other through everything is when Bridget was growing up her mother passed away and Lena, Carmen, and Tibby were all there for her.  Another example is when Lena came home from Greece her friend all came to the airport to pick her up.  Maybe the most important example way they showed how special their friendship was when they got together before they separated for the summer at the place where their mothers first met when they were babies and performed a ceremony where they empowered the pants to make sure it brought them good luck when the pants traveled with each girl.  These are some of the examples why I am inspired by their friendship with each other.
                   
                    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was fun because all of the characters seemed like fun and were very alive people.  Bridget was such a determined, cool, and funny person.  Bridget was determined when she tried to date her soccer coach at camp despite that she knew she had no real chance.  Carmen is very nice, happy and brave.  Carmen was brave when she stuck up for herself with her dad who paid more attention to his new family than to her.  Lena is flirtatious, funny and smart.  She was flirtatious when she met Costos in Greece.  And finally, Tibby is tough, smart, and hardworking.  Tibby is very hardworking because she creates a movie by putting a lot of hard work into it and making it great at the same time she is working at Wallmans.  Another reason why I think this book is fun is because all of these girls are always doing something and something is going on all the time.  They are never bored, alone or sad (besides when they are grieving about something which is understandable).  Another reason I thought this book was fun is because it was because it was always making me wonder "what will happen next"?  Lastly, the reason I think the book is fun is because it never slowed down, meaning I was never bored.

                    Overall, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was very inspiring as well as fun, for a number of reasons.  I hope you have learned some of those reasons in this essay.