Don't Hide, Come Out!

Author's Note: Can you imagine not being noticed in life? Not having friends, being tromped on, made fun of and not have enough confidence in yourself to think your beautiful the way you are?Well, this is the way Tookie feels in the novel Model Land by Tyra Banks.

Anxious people wait outside the mall outlet, waiting for the doors to open. It is five fourteen and the doors open right as the clock turns quarter after five in the morning. Rushing, scurrying, and zooming up and down the halls of the mall, are the sounds of teenagers and their moms trying to find that one and only superior dress for The Day-of-Discovery- except for Tookie that is. Tookie is a no one. In the book Model Land, the author Tyra Banks shows how some people in the world feel like they don’t exist; feeling like you don’t exist is the worst feeling in the world.

Looking around she sees that no one notices her, even when she is sitting in plain sight. In the middle of the hallways at school; people step on her, trip over her, and still not one person can see her. At that moment she heard a voice talking to her, but then Tookie realized it’s your younger sister nagging on her to do something for her sister Myrracle. She walks away, and all you hear is her high heels clomping behind until the sound disappears. Right then, Tookie strolls with a sigh to her corner and cries silently.

While Tookie is still crying in the book, I read on, I keep presuming to myself, what if this was me. I put myself to thought.  Of all the things in the world, having the feeling like you don’t exist is the worst feeling in the world. As I read on, I visualized myself in the place of Tookie. Tookie is an individual, just like me. Such a thought in my head makes me want to cry too. Even though this is a fiction story, I couldn’t picture myself without any friends. Being Tookie, I feel such warmth in my heart. People do realize these things when they read, but could I imagine how school would be? School would be a mess, Tookie has feelings for Theophilus, and I have feelings for friends, I would be so devastated if they had no heart for me as like Tookie. That would be my breaking point.

On top of not being treated well, Tookie has feelings like no other. Tookie has a miserable life, feeling like she isn’t pretty. Her sister means everything to her, but when I put it into words, I love my sister too! I wouldn’t know what the sensation would be if my sister was way more popular and got all the attention. It wouldn’t be a pretty sight. My mother gives both me and my sister equal love. If there was ever a moment in my life such as Tookie’s, I wouldn’t know how to handle it. Most likely, I’d think of all the worst things in life, but not in Tookie’s mind. Nerves kick in, and Tookie could be passed out on the floor, just thinking of not having the best dress for The Day of Discovery. Myrracle, Tookie’s sister, is everything in the family. Drop dead gorges, flawless in every way, and this is never going to be a part of my life, hopefully. Tingling inside this book is getting better and better, I can’t stop reading. Tyra Banks has such a good way of writing and persuading the reader to keep on reading.

While not being able to stop reading, I turn the page and then there are not more pages. I finished the book, without realizing it- amazing. Tyra Banks is an outstanding author, period. She makes you feel like you’re Tookie, and you can’t change that. You become someone you can feel for, so make a change in the world to stop the feeling of being left out or invisible. The world is full of adventures, feeling like you can’t explore the world, because you have no one to share it with is the same as feeling like you have no one, no one at all. That is the worst feeling to feel. Just think how many people you may not see, but they’re there.