Read this line: It was as if two people were fighting a war: one trying to hold on to what she knew as safe; the other wanting to reach across some unknown peril to a lasting, more real, kind of safe.

What does the word peril suggest?

Comfortably safe
Extreme danger
Mild concern
Slight fear

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.