FIND A STRANGER,

SAY GOODBYE

BY LOIS LOWARY

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Introduction:I choose this story because I like the cover of it, it

seems romantic and dramatic at the same time,

as well as the title make it seems more stranger

and interesting.

I found out that my expectations were correct

and the story was much more exciting, realistic

and touched the heart.

A standard language to understand, and Lois Lowry

(the writer) had been make the characters so

human and believable which helps us (the readers)

to understand and to feel the events from the

context very well.

Furthermore, this novel contains several important

recommendations for life, like adoption, identity,

and family relationships.

The summary:Natalie Armstrong had everything: Beauty and

intelligence, an early acceptance at college, a

great boy friend, and a wonderful, loving family.

But this summer when she turned seventeen,

Natalie decided to ask that one unanswered

question, “Who is my real mother”?

To find her biological mother, Natalie begins a journey

which she hopes will lead the way to answer all her

questions about her biological parents and the

circumstances of her birth .

Natalie's parents, the Armstrong's, are not very happy

about Natalie's decision and they cannot understand

it, but nevertheless they try to support everything

Natalie does.

Her adoptive parents, as a graduation present, give her

the resources (money, a car) to help her find out her

identity. She follows up all the clues she can,

discovering that she was born to an unmarried 15-year-

old whose boyfriend died soon after .

After a long journey, Natalie really finds her biological

mother, but their meeting is different from the one in

Natalie's imagination...it was much less with profound

effects.

The main characters:

1 .Natalie Armstrong

Natalie Armstrong, a seventeen-year-old girl who

was adopted when she was 5 days old. Although

Natalie has a loving family, she wants to know

something about her real mother.

2 .Dr. Alden Armstrong and Mrs. Kay Armstrong

Natalie's parents, the Armstrong's, a loving couple

who give their daughter the chance to go and

look for her parents while they are not really

understanding why she must do this .

Mrs. Armstrong she is an artistic.

Mr. Armstrong he is a very dedicated doctor .

3 .Nancy Armstrong , her 16-year-old sister by

adoption with whom she gets on very well.

4 .Tallie Chandler, Mrs. Armstrong's artist

mother who is full of practical wisdom and art.

5 .Paul, Natalie's boyfriend, who does not really

understand her goal but who remains faithful to

her ;

6 .the Doctor- Dr. Therrian:

who delivered her, he told Natalie the name of

her real mother, and she found out that dr.

Therrian was also her grandfather (her father’s

dad) from her mother .

7 .Julie Jeffries- Hutchinson:

her biological mother, whom became a successful

model and a mother for tow more kids ( Gareth

and Cameron).

The setting:

1. Maine- Armstrong’s family city.

2 .Simmon’s Mills- a small town where’s Natalie

had born.

3 .New York- Natalie and Julie meet there.

The moral or the theme:

This book has one major theme, and that is a

description of the desire to know from where we

come. A person who wasn’t adopted has a hard

time understanding why an adopted child would

want to find their real parents and learn about

who they really are.

Julie’s diary):

When Julie and Natalie had been meet, Julie gave

Natalie her teens diary which include the whole

events and the circumstances of Natalie’s birth.

I want to add one more page to this diary .

August 29tb.

I feel strange!!! I had been meet my daughter two hours

ago, many things have changed since her birth…I

couldn’t believe that this day may come ever!! And I

don’t prepare for it..

I feel so bad and so empty to find a “stranger” who is a

very dear person and say him goodbye

without told them how much you still loves them…

ما ) ( سرعان

Another ending:

I would prefer that Julie and Natalie become a

friends such as Natalie imagine..

Moreover, I believe that if Julie is still a good

person and the fame hasn’t changed her, she

would have emotional pain and kindness .

By

❤ Sereen Kassom ❤