Blonde Ambition pgs. 184- 233

Summary: To conclude Blonde Ambition, Zoey Dean ends the story with a happy ending. The guy that Anna had come to know while working with Cammie's father, is the guy that Anna falls in love with at the end. It seemed that all the trouble that Cammie went through to try and steal Danny from Anna was not really worth it. Anna ultimately ended up with the guy that she thought that she could never have a future with because she was previously in a relationship. With Cammie, she just had to realize that Anna was now going to be apart of her life. Cammie's father really liked Anna and if Cammie didn't change the ways she treated Anna, her life was going to become miserable.
Quote: "Anything was possible. Anything."(Dean 233).
Reaction: Now that Anna is well liked by Cammie's father and officially apart of his 'Hermosa Beach' team, Cammie has no other choice but to like Anna. Things seem to be looking up for Anna because of the positive attitude that Anna had when encountering any situation. Instead of trying to getting even, tit-for-tat action with Cammie, Anna knew where her mindset was going to take her. By Anna believeing that anything was possible, she proved it. Throughout the novel, i didn't like how Zoey Dean stuck to the classic, cliche,` mean girls plot, but after i read the end, i see that the plot worked out. By Anaa leaving her comfort zone, which is home, to explore life on her own, she encountered some obstacles that made her successful in the end. Also, what i liked at the end was how Anna returned back home to her family; she returned back to her comfort zone.

Blonde Ambition pgs. 133-184

Summary: Cammie is still treating Anna like a peasant in the street. Cammie's father is the producer of Hermosa Beach, a new hit TV show in hollywood, and Cammie uses that against Anna. Cammie uses her father as something to hold over Anna's head; anything wrong that Anna does to Cammie, Cammie has the authority to tell her father. Right now in her life, Cammie has a boyfriend named Ben but there is also another guy that Anna really likes. What Cammie tries to do is steal Anna's new 'guy friend.' Zoey Dean specifically dedicates a chapter to the actions that Cammie takes to try and still this guy away from Anna. What i question is whether this plot will have a classic cliche` ending, which is Cammie realizing all the wrong things she's done to Anna, and ultimately changing her personality at the end of the story.

Quote: "So she pulls Danny close and kissed him back."(Dean 183)

Reaction: As I'm reading, I'm noticing more and more that the way that Zoey Dean writes appeals to me like Gossip Girl. The Gossip Girl novel takes the same approach as Zoey Dean when telling a story about life in a busy city. I feel more like I am watching something like 'the young and the restless' rather than reading a bildungsroman novel.

Blonde Ambition pgs. 88-133

Summary: In chapters 10 through 14, the readers learn more about the boss's daughter. The boss's daughter is named Cammie, and I already see that she is going to be a problem. Zoey Dean portrays Cammie as the clichè mean girl whose main purpose in the story is to make Anna's life a living hell, which is true, because Cammie is. Cammie's father is a famous big shot who spoils and corrupts her with the money that he earns for his exclusive productions. We, the readers, meet Cammie when we meet her father and she doesn't seem very friendly. Cammie intimidates Anna on the first day of the production, automatically giving the readers a sense of who she is.
Quote: "And then, to show her who was the boss..." (Dean 101)
Reaction: My overall reaction, from reading this section, was a little surprised. I was shocked that Zoey Dean would take this route as an author, take the route of making almost clearly visible good guys and bad guys. The readers clearly see that Cammie is the bad guy in the novel, intimidating naive Anna. I noticed that Cammie tries to get the upper hand when dealing with Anna. I also see that the story may become a bit redundant because in the small amount of time that Anna has worked for Cammie's dad, Cammie has mentally abused Anna. This seems like something that may keep repeating because Anna is by herself with nobody to defend. I think of Anna's situation with Cammie as "dog eat dog" because Anna is trying to establish her name in a "dog eat dog world" such as Hollywood.

Blonde Ambition pgs. 45-88

Summary: In chapters 5 through 10, Anna is finally beginning to live on her own without her family. He sister, Susan had recently been checked into rehab, and Anna never used to talk to her parents before, so they are out of the picture as well. With Anna's new job falling into place as an intern on a hit show called Hermosa Beach, she is really started to get her life together. Anna had to remove herself from her parents and her sister to pursue her life as an intern. The only newly found problem that may become a conflict for Anna is her boss's daughter. The readers don't know to much about the boss's daughter, but i think that she may be a significant figure in the novel.
Quote:"I put myself in your more than capable hands" (Dean 44)
Reaction: So far, i can tell that this book has some bildungsroman elements. The readers can see that Anna has to leave her safe place to make something of herself. Anna's safe place is under her parent's watchful eye. At the beginning of the novel, Anna told the readers that she often gets check-ups from her family. As she is on her own, the check-up calls that Anna receives are becoming more and more less frequent than at the beginning. Also, Anna is creating her home away from home, which is her job as a TV intern. The big responsibility that she is gaining is making her grow up a lot more. I think that by the end of the novel, I will notice a change in the way that Anna is being portrayed by Zoey Dean. The responsibility is going to make her change more than any other factor in the novel, like her family or her relationship with the boss's daughter.