The Death of Me

Authors Note : This piece is a character analysis of Rae Momsen from "Love is a Battlefield". You will find twists and turns that cause the character to act in many different ways.  

In the book “Love is a Battlefield” by Charlene Steward . The main character Rae Momsen  is a small town girl that never believed that she could be taken by love.  She doesn’t believe in love. When taken to live with her grandparents  after her parents die, things start to change.  Her personality and attitude towards life.

She thinks that her life will somewhat be the same, but she needs to start believing in herself.  When she starts at her new school she meets a boy, his name is Rodney.  She starts to open up about her past  to him, and comes a tad bit out of her shell.  But when Rae finds out about his past. She believes that maybe they were meant to be , but is to insecure to believe her own thoughts. Being the new girl, she is getting a lot of negative attention. She’s just trying to fight against the bullies and be herself, which making her stronger.  

About half way through the book Rodney dies , It was because of a head on crash. But the worst part is that he caused it. Rae starts to think suicidal thoughts  , and that he would want her with him. Rae starts to talk to a girl named Tatiana  . They seem to have the same outlook on life. 

Rae ends up starting a club to talk about everything negative  that , is going on in their lives. Pretty much a support group, for all that are struggling.  In that group she meets another boy whose name is Froy,  He is bulimic.  But Rae is the only one that knows; She seems to make him rethink of who , really cares for him. 

 Things get more serious in Froy and Raes lives , they start to date.  Rae is a lot more Open and Caring now.  They live by the rule , “If jump off a bridge you stay grounded”. It’s their life saying , they always will live by that rule . I mean what can I say? Love is a Battlefield ; sometimes you won’t always win the war.  But  Rae will always be a strong and very loving person for as long as she will live.