Before I fall

By Lauren Oliver

“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow.

Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around

it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time

you can waste it.But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you

never really know.” 

― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

What if you had only one day to live?

Who would you say goodbye to?Who would you kiss?What would you do?

Samantha Kingstone is the perfect girl. She is popular, she is pretty, she has a perfect

boyfriend… but Friday, February 14th turns to be her last day; and not only she gets a second chance she gets to live that day seven times.

Characters

SamanthaFavorite Color: BlueFavorite Scent: JasmineHair Color: BrownEye Color: GreenHeight: 5'8"Likes: Morning drives, fresh coffee, loud music, the smell of autumn leavesHates: Private jokes that don’t include her, buses, bananas, itchy fabricsMotto: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die. 

Elody:

Favorite Color: Green!Favorite Scent: Raspberry Body SprayHair Color: Light brownEye Color: BrownHeight: 5'6"Likes: boys, kissing, staying up too lateHates: Sunday nights, missed calls, health class, rainMotto: Girls just want to have fun.

Ally:Favorite Color: Pink or purpleFavorite Scent: Coco MademoiselleHair Color: Blond, highlightedEye Color: BrownHeight: 5'5"Likes: Cooking shows, cows, pickles, the beachHates: Math, mayonnaise, cold weather, manicures that chip right awayMotto: I told you so.

Lindsay

Favorite Color: Heather GrayFavorite Scent: Burberry BritHair Color: BlondEye Color: BlueHeight: 5'3"Likes: SweeTarts, chocolate, parties, textingHates: Being bored, whiners, onions, twitterMotto: If you can’t stand the heat, step away from the hotness.

RobSam’s boyfriendFavourite color: BlueFavourite scent: mintHair color: blondeEye color: brownLikes: Yankees, baseball

KentSam’s friendFavourite color:GreenFavourite scent:fresh grassHair color:brunetteEye color:brownLikes:drawing,superheroes

Juliet

Although Juliet doesn’t really appear in the story in the end she is really important.Sam and her friend always make fun of her and call her “Psycho killer’ because of her phantomatic presence

Day 1

Sam wakes upLindsay picks her upShe receives nine rosesShe has lunch with her friendsShe leaves school earlyShe goes to Kent’s partyShe lives with her friendsSomething gets in their way SHE DIES

Day 2“In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the sensation of cold and darkness everywhere. I am so scared I could scream. But when I open my mouth, nothing happens. And I wonder if you fall forever and never touch down, is it really still falling? I think I will fall forever.” 

She wakes upShe thinks everything was just a dreamshe realizes it is the 14th of February againLindsay picks her upShe receives nine rosesShe has lunch with her friendsShe leaves school earlyShe goes to Kent’s partyShe lives with her friendsSomething gets in their way SHE DIES

Day 3“In my dream I am falling forever through darkness.Falling, falling, falling.Is it still falling if it has no end?”

She wakes upshe realizes it is the 14th of February againShe goes to school later on in the morningShe receives nine rosesShe has lunch with her friendsShe leaves school earlyShe doesn’t go to Kent’s partyShe goes to Ally's house for a sleepover insteadThe find out that Juliet has committed suicideThey go to sleep

Day 4“Here's one of the things I learned that morning: if you cross a line and nothing happens, the line loses meaning. It's like that old riddle about a tree falling in a forest, and whether it makes a sound if there's no one

around to hear it. 

You keep drawing a line farther and farther away, crossing it every time. That's how people end up stepping off the edge of the earth. You'd be

surprised at how easy it is to bust out of orbit, to spin out to a place where no one can touch you. To lose yourself--to get lost.”

She decides to take advantege of the fact that she is deadShe tells her best friends things that she’s never had the courage toShe steals her parents’ credit card and buys tons of clothes and makeupShe breaks up with her boyfriendShe throws away all the roses that she recievedShe goes to Kent’s partyShe goes to sleep

Day 5“You see, I was looking for answers then. I still wanted to know why. As though somebody was going to answer that for me, as though any answer would be satisfying.Not then, but afterward, I started to think about time, and how it keeps moving and draining and flowing forever forward, seconds into minutes into days into years, all of it leading to the same place, a current running forever in one direction. And we're all going and swimming as fast as we can, helping it along.My point is: maybe you can afford to wait.” 

She wakes upShe decides to be kindShe spends the day with her little sisterShe goes to donner with her parentsShe watnts to stop Juliet from suicidingShe goes to Kent’s partyShe doesn’t leave with her friendsShe finds out that Juliet was the one who got in their wayThe accident slill happensElody dies because she was sitting on the pasanger seat

Day 6 “This time, when I dream, there

is sound. As I fall through the darkness there’s a tinkly, jangly song playing, like the kind of music you hear at doctors’ offices and elevators”

Sam wakes upShe decides to be really kindLindsay picks her upShe receives nine rosesShe has lunch with her friendsShe leaves school earlyShe goes to Kent’s partyShe tries to stop Juliet from going in their wayJuliet gets in another car’s wayShe goes to sleep

Day 7“The last time I have the dream it goes like this: I am falling, tumbling through the air, but this time the darkness is alive around me”

Sam wakes upShe decides to be really kindLindsay picks her upShe receives nine rosesShe has lunch with her friendsShe leaves school earlyShe goes to Kent’s partyShe tries to stop Juliet from going in their wayBy mistake she is the one who gets in the way of a carShe dies for real

What did I like about the book?

It has a really powerful meaning

It almost made me cryIt is a really well written

book

Why the title before I fall?

I don’t know if you have observed but at the beginning of each chapter she talks about a dream of hers in which she falls

As time passes by Sam realizes what the

important things in life are.

This book taught me how important and precious

life is and that we should be thankfor for every

single thing.

The end