Independant+Novel+Study+3

Drowning Anna Varada S. December 15th, 2011 Pages 123-173

In the third part of Drowning Anna, the bullying takes a much more serious part in the story. Hayley and her mean friends decide to take the tormenting to a whole new level, in which violence and blackmailing play a major role. Another way of bullying they use is turning Anna's only friend against her by being sweet to her friend's face to make her feel special. Another thing they do a lot is making Anna feel bewildered. For instance they just randomly start being really nice to her and then suddenly take a 360 degree turn and make her miserable once again. The author along with adding different ways of bullying also adds more characters to make the story more interesting. In the third part another kind of main character that is introduced is Anna's dad. He's a anesthesiologist at the hospital where Anna is admitted. His character is a bit abrasive and rude but I think that is only because he is in so much shock over seeing his daughter almost dead in the hospital. I think the author has placed him in the story to allow another route for the reader to see Anna's diary as he also starts reading it. From adding all these things into the story the author has made the book very interesting to read as well as made it more believable. Basically everything in "Drowning Anna" is believable because it is about bullying and I have seen a lot of bullies up close which makes it all the more believable for me because some parts I can relate to quite well. Overall, Drowning Anna so far has been a very interesting read and even though it's getting more scarring as it goes on, I can't wait to read the next part!