Does Forever Exist?

                                                          The Truth About Forever 
                                                                By Sarah Dessen 

       Some people judge a book by it's cover, saying that if the title doesn't entice you at the first glance, then it won't be a good book. The Truth About Forever was different for me, the title didn't entice me until I was in the middle of the book. That was when I finally got why Dessen picked that title. In most books that I have read, the title does not really match what the book is about. Though sometimes you find books where everything makes sense; the title, the cover illustrations, the storyline, etc. The title of books are also important because they can tell you something about the story that you might not have grasped otherwise. 

       In the book, Dessen doesn't come out and say the title, or even anything near the title. What Dessen does is she explains Macy's "forever" she explains how Macy thought that her life was set for forever. In reality that was not how it was supposed be. At first Macy thought that Jason was the guy to help her through her dad's death. It turns out that Jason didn't help at all, someone who had gone through what she had would. This would be Wes, an ordinary guy who isn't "perfect" like Jason was supposedly. He had more in common with Macy; his mom had died right around the time Macy's father had passed away. Wes is way more "perfect" than Jason is, because he is real, and doesn't rely on all of the books to tell him what to do, he thinks for himself. Macy thought that since Jason was all about school and being a goodie-two-shoes, than she needed to not talk about her dad, and just focus on Jason and school. Even though she found Wes and started explaining to him about her dad, and everything that she had kept in her head for over a year or two, she still didn't realize that Jason was the wrong choice for her. The Truth About Forever, the truth was she was wrong for what seemed like forever, and some people may never find the truth, but it is always out there, and usually it is the opposite of what you think you need. 

       After Wes and Macy start to hang out for a while, they realize that they didn't need their recently "on a break" other half to be happy and whole, they needed each other. For a while though, Macy thought that Wes wasn't thinking the same thing. Until one of her other friends (who happened to be Wes's cousin) pointed out that it was one of the most obvious things ever, that you could tell from a mile away. The funny thing is, Wes was normally a bit of a goody-two-shoes guy, but he wasn't all out like Jason. Macy was the rebel normally until her dad died. Wes decided he needed a rebel after his mom got sick, so he became one, and Macy became a goody-two-shoes. Once they were joined together again, they realized that at first you may think that you need to be one or the other. They knew that as long as they had each other, they balanced it all out, so they could remain as who and what  they were meant to be. Themselves, and together for as long as that might be. 

       In the end, Macy realizes that there is truly no "forever", it is just a made up thing that people try to grasp. Macy and Wes thought that their parents would live for forever, but that will never happen, so together they finally accept that. I think that Macy knew before she met Wes that Jason was no good for her, but she didn't want to accept the fact that she was right, just like at first she didn't want to accept that her dad was truly gone, forever.