1. From Intro to Conclusion – Reword and Echo

2. Ginny’s Transformation: Introduction As said by Rosanne Cash, “The key to change is to let go of fear.” Change is exactly what Ginny attains. Ginny is the main character of Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson. Since Ginny is traveling, this story takes place in several places around the world such as England and Rome. In this story, Ginny receives thirteen little blue envelopes from her dead aunt, which she has to read one by one, after she completes the crazy tasks inside. For example, envelope three tells Ginny to find a starving artist. Along the way, she falls, in love, meets new people, learns things she never knew about her aunt, and travels to places she has never set foot in. Based on Ginny’s long trip around the world, Ginny who starts out as an awkward, introverted, and dependent girl blossoms into a vibrant, independent, outgoing person.

3. Based on Ginny’s long trip around the world, Ginny who starts out as an awkward, introverted, and dependent girl blossoms into a vibrant, independent, outgoing person.

4. Ginny’s Transformation: Conclusion Ginny’s strange trip around the world transforms her into a less gawky, introverted girl, and into a more outgoing sociable person. Now Ginny is more of a fearless, independent girl. She has been developing quite a bit from the beginning of the story. “… Key to change is to let go,” expresses how Ginny evolves into a more independent, outgoing woman.

5. The Courageousness of Patricia Ann Bergan - Introduction Being deeply loved by someone give you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” These words by Lao Tzu clearly depict how Patricia Ann Bergen gets her audacity. Imagine being a Jewish girl living in a small town in Arkansas and falling in love with a German Nazi prisoner. This is the situation that Patricia, the main character of Bette Greene’s historical fiction book Summer of My German Soldier, is in. Patricia resides in Jenkinsville, Arkansas where a prison for German Nazis is located. When Frederick Anton, a Nazi, escapes from prison she impulsively decides to conceal him from the officials. Patty perceives Anton as a confused and lonely man seeking for some compassion, not as a Nazi who deserves nothing more than animosity. Unfortunately, the FBI finds Anton and murders him, while also punishing Patty for sheltering a German spy by sending her to reform school. Even after all these events, Patty did not regret her actions. Throughout the course of the novel, war and hatred surround Patty, but she remains true to her heart, just as she was before the start of the war.

6. Even after all these events, Patty did not regret her actions. Throughout the course of the novel, war and hatred surround Patty, but she remains true to her heart, just as she was before the start of the war.

7. The Courageousness of Patricia Ann Bergan: Conclusion Throughout the whole novel, Patty did not undergo any significant changes and she remains to be the same benevolent person that she was before her exposure to war and abhorrence. She helps Anton, even though her family in unanimously against having any contact with German soldiers. Her hear gives her strength and she refuses to change into a cold hearted person and abandon Anton. The audacity of Patty’s heart gives her the courage to be a Jewish girl and fall in love with and a German Nazi.