Stage Character Chp. Excerpt from the novel
Denial Michael 9-12 Michael is now lying to the police, and making his friends lie for him. The lies just keep getting worse. He is denying what he has done wrong just to protect himself, and he is dragging people down with him.
Anger Michael 3-5 Michael is angry with himself, because he did not mean to kill anyone when he shot the gun. He is angry he has to lie to protect himself, even though he knows he is not doing the right thing.
Bargaining Jenna 6-8 Jenna does math problems and she cleans to make her feel more in control of those things, because she had no control over her father’s death.
Depression Jenna 6-8 Jenna did leave her house for a long time since her father died. She has not cried, because she does not let herself. She feels like it is her fault even though she had no control of someone shooting that gun.
Acceptance Jenna 13-15 Jenna accepts that it is okay to be sad and she will move on from this eventually. She realizes she does not need to hide her sadness because is will ruin her inside.

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