Summer Reading Project: Blog 2

Prompt: In the  book how does the main character's actions make the people around her feel?

The Pregnancy Project by: Gaby Rodriguez
Pages read: 75 - finished

            Her mother was one one of the few people who were in on her project, and promised to keep it a secret. She helped her make her fake pregnant stomach, and helped her at times when she wanted to quit, because of how stressful it was. She also was extra careful in making sure none of Gaby's siblings would find out about her fake pregnancy. Her sisters and brothers were pretty upset about this. At family gatherings they wouldn't even make eye contact with Gaby and her boyfriend, Jorge. Her older brother, Javier, was the one who was the most upset about this. He was very disappointed knowing that Gaby had broken her promise to do better in her life and achieve her goals. Finding out that she was pregnant, Javier, was very upset. Javier thought that she would be the one to be different and make their mother proud.

            Gaby's boyfriend, Jorge, was also in on it, because he obviously needed to know that it was fake and she wasn't actually pregnant. He also helped, like her mom, to keep her from getting too stressed out, and by making sure it was kept a secret. His parents did not know that she had faked her pregnancy. They were not happy at all, when they found out Gaby was "pregnant". Many of her classmates would be very mean to her at times. One of he friends said that she made a huge mistake and that she was dumb to do that. Most people had low expectations for her future since they thought she had gotten pregnant. They would say that her life is over, would question if she would graduate, and say things like they saw it coming.

            She had to tell the principal about this to make sure that her project could be approved. He helped with getting her project approved by the school board, setting up the assembly for her to present her project, and with dealing with interviewers and news casters.  He overall wasn't against her project but instead was shocked that she wanted to try and pull it off. One teacher was very upset with her. He expected more from her, and was very disappointed to hear that she had "thrown her life away". After revealing that her pregnancy was fake her teacher was even more sad to hear that she had been lying to him this whole time. He felt as if Gaby didn't trust him enough to tell him the truth about the project. Other teachers were very supportive to her.