Identify The Theme Of 'Continuity And Change In Jen's'

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* Identify the theme of the novel. What overall point about life, people, human nature does the novel convey?
I think that the theme of the novel is finding yourself and having trust with people in your life. Jenna lost her memory and doesn’t know who she is but she is slowly recreating herself and figuring out who she is. She has to relearn who her family is and try to trust them even after what they did to her. She has to remake friends and create new relationships with people.
* How has your character evolved and changed?
Jenna has learned more and trying to discover who she is and what she wants. She is now questioning her whole existence and wondering if she is even human or if she is just a replica of Jenna Fox.
* Include a summary starting where you left off on the first third of your book.
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Jenna and Ethan kissed but then Jenna’s grandma said that it is not a good idea for them to be together. Jenna learns what the FSEB is and learns about bio gel. She found a computer with her name on it but it cut her. She saw that her blood is blue from the cut. Her parents then told her the truth about how they saved her and how she is only 10% real and the rest of her is bio gel. Jenna doesn’t feel human and like she isn’t herself. She told Ethan even though she wasn’t supposed to tell anyone. Lily told Jenna more about what happened and Jenna figures out that her parents programmed her. When I finished reading, Jenna was at her neighbors house using his netbook. She looked herself up and found out that her two friends, that she kept having memories of, died in the accident with

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