My summer before starting senior year had both similarities and differences from Sarah’s summer. It seems that she spent the whole summer doing something. Whether she was hanging out with friends, family or working. I feel that I didn’t hang out once with my friends over the summer, but I did go out with my family constantly. I spent the first week of summer on my senior trip down in Florida. Unlike Sarah, I didn’t go to any graduation parties or bonfires over the summer. Besides that, I worked all summer at the job I had while I was still in high school so in that way I do relate to Sarah. It looked like she had a manual labor job which is different from the job I had. I worked at a fast-food restaurant and before that I worked at a grocery store. Something that me and Sarah do not have in common is her feeling sad on the drive on move in day. I actually wasn’t sad about it at all during the summer, but I did start to get sad after my family left. I felt sad for the whole first week until I started going home every weekend and it felt better. A big difference in our experiences is going to college without any friends from high school. I live in a dorm with 3 of my friends from high school so we didn’t have to do random roommates. Another thing I relate to is how fast the summer goes by in the book. It felt as if I reached the page where she moved in really fast even though it’s actually 50 pages in. It felt like Sarah’s parents just dropped her off and left without even going to eat with her for a last time whereas my dad and brother stayed with me until around 7pm. My experiences from the summer are overall similar to Sarah’s with a few differences in emotions and family.