Blonde Ambition Pgs. 1-45

Summary: In chapters 1 through 5, the readers find out about Anna Percy's life. The readers discover that Anna likes to live in the moment with her boyfriend, Ben. Also, we discover that Anna' s family, although extremely rich, have a lot of problems. Anna's older sister, Susan has problems with herself, and their family is falling apart. Susan has a bad relationship with her parents because of a recent incident that happened while Susan was in college, and Anna is caught in the middle of their feud. Now Susan has arranged for herself to go to rehab, and the family is supportive of this decision. Also in these chapters, the readers see that Anna has a hard time finding herself. Anna has her eyes set on the type of career she wants, and how she is going to make it to that career, but she doesn't know who she is.
Quote:"But for the first time in her life she looked, she thought, wild and free. Those were two adjectives that never came to anyone's mind in describing her, she was certain."
Reaction: This quote relates to the overall story because the readers find out a little bit of what Anna is like. We, the readers, know that Anna is not a spontaneous person, she likes to plan and analyze the next step she makes. I think that throughout this book, the idea of bildungsroman will be found when Anna identifies who she is. I predict that Anna will leave her safe place, which is living by her parents, to find out who she is. By venturing off on her own, without the eyes of her parents and her sister on her, Anna will do what she wants to find out who she is. Zoey Dean uses 3rd person omniscent POV going through the story, so i know what each person is thinking, which helps me analyze what is going on, especially during Anna's family trouble.