She then realized how much has changed throughout the years and during the novel, Zevin shows more and more how high school can change a person completely. The image looking back at her didn't seem like something she'd pursue to be. Looking at herself in the mirror, she's disappointed and confused, not knowing how she became like this or why. After suffering a tragic fall and losing her memory of her entire high school and middle school career, the 12-year-old her is brought into her own shoes, but in her junior year of high school. In the novel, Gabrielle Zevin shows you this along with showing Naomi this with her own eyes. Naomi Porter was at the top and these changes of attitude did happen to her. Even if you do succeed and reach the top, it causes most people to think they're above others and treat people with less respect or to be a horrible friend. The need to be 'popular' causes some people to make decisions that they normally wouldn't or do things that the old them would never do. Most people fall into this as they go through high school and sometimes you just have to stop and think if this is who they really want to be.

Throughout the halls, most of the people you see are ones trying to be like everyone else because all they're striving for is to be liked and to fit in. Have you ever thought of how many people actually want to stand out and be themselves? The number is very low. But when Naomi gets back her memory, will she forget all this and become the old, selfish her or decide that the new her is better? Maybe all that Naomi needed was an outside view, a realization from even her own self. She set out and along with finding new friends, she left her boyfriend, joined the play, quit tennis, decided to stop doing yearbook, and completely changed her appearance. Everything she heard about herself seemed nothing like what she would strive to become and knowing this, Naomi completely changed the 17-year-old her. Going back to school, she entered a whole new world and realized how much she had changed. When Naomi wakes up, she can't remember anything after the 6th grade. One day, Naomi falls down the stairs and hits her head, leaving her in the hospital. She was friends with all the popular, stylish girls and her boyfriend was the one that everyone else wanted. Naomi Porter, a junior in high school, was the perfect image that represents high school. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a novel that focuses on discovering yourself.

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