Character Development

In the beginning of the story, Birdie thinks her life is all about rain. All she wants to do is get away from Riverton. She was really excited to go on her year long vacation in the Caribbean. However, once she got kidnapped and taken away from her family she realized how good she had it back home. At first, I think Birdie thought the kidnapping was some extreme adventure. The longer and longer she was away from her home she realized that everything that went "bad" in Riverton was nothing compared to what could go wrong in the real world. Towards the end of the story, she used everything that went wrong in her life to make her life prosper. She fulfilled her dreams of becoming an author of a great book. Birdie became a strong young women who could accomplish anything she put her mind towards.

In the beginning of the book, Morgan was a ridiculously strong individual. After her sister died, she was on her own. Her parents were around before she decided to leave them, but Oona and her were inseparably before the accident. Morgan had to fend for herself now. Her independence didn't let anyone in and if she hadn't have met Birdie I think she would've been alone forever. She stole her family's sailboat and went out to the sea herself. She thought all she needed was the wide open horizon. However, when she realized someone was in trouble on Calista, she knew the right thing to do was to help them. I think she was out to find a friend. After Birdie and her became friends, Morgan began to let people back into her life. She met a young man that was with the coast guard when they rescued them and she went back and found her parents. Morgan finally was able to deal with the loss of her sister and wanted her family back into her life.