Dear Journal,
It was been one crazy summer so far, and it's only the third day! Two days ago, after the summer kick-off party, I told Jamie and Kirsten about the book. I explained to them the story behind it, and how it became a legend in New England. They were very interested, and we've been scouting around the town for the past day. We knew we needed to find at least two or three other girls that might be interested in the society. Well, we did. Kirsten and Jamie talked with Tacey and Adrienne about it, and they agreed to coming to a meeting, just to see if they liked it. Adrienne also said she'd bring along Lydia, so she'd have a chance on getting to know us more closely without any guys around. And as for me, I found the perfect girl to recruit, Kylar. It actually might work out pretty perfectly, because if everyone stays, that will make seven of us, just like in the original society. This may be a good summer after all; or, it could do the usual 180 and become the worst experience ever. But, I'm going to stay positive, or at least I'll try.
Off day dreaming,
Sally
Seven girls in the Dead Poets Society. It's so strange that in this very summer, these
completely different girls will come together to read poetry, and so much more than they
can possibly imagine.
Don't know why they're all so different? Well, here's some detail about each of their
lives that not many know about.
First on the list is Adrienne Velsey. She's your typical tall blonde haired blue eyed gal with fair skin, yet she hates her beautiful figure of course. She isn't the most confident person, except when she's with her friends. She always believes that friends bring out the best in everyone. Coming from a good quiet family, Adrienne has fallen in love with romantic novels, movies, tv shows, and everything else of this sort. About a year and a half ago, her parents and younger sister gave her a portable video camera. Since that day, she's filmed anything and everything that isn't dull in Beaufort County. This summer, she hopes and dreams of finding one particular obsession to film and show when school starts back up. But as of now, she only has footage of the summer kick-off talent show; including Tacey's barf-a-thon. So you could say she has a director's block.
Tacey Rosette is probably the shyest girl in all of Beaufort County. Like Adrienne, she has soft blue eyes, but a dirtier blonde and is very short. She hasn't worn makeup any day of her life, but she doesn't care. What she does care for is Christine, her saxophone. Tacey has been playing the sax since she was little, and she absolutely loves it. Her only problem is performing in front of crowds, alone. Being an only child, Tacey relies on her friends for confidence; but she still manages to choke like in the talent show. But Tacey tries to stay positive; she hopes to one day become a successful musician in classical form. But what she doesn't realize is that this summer would push her so much closer to her goal than she could have ever thought possible.
Now, the next girl is almost completely opposite of Tacey. Jamie Coolidge loves to be loud, crazy, friendly with every cute boy in the town, and hang out with her two best friends, Kirsten and Sally. She is a cute slightly short with turquoise eyes and light brown shoulder length hair that won't straighten the way she wants it. Jamie is always running late; she is the only person in town that can perfectly do their makeup in a car going 70 mph over a pothole road. However, her life isn't all fun and games. Jamie is always looking for an excuse to leave her home. She lives in the less fortunate side of town with her parents and three younger brothers. Every time she's at home someone's always yelling and cussing. She has lived with this ever since she was born; because of this, she denies that there is even a god, for how could he make her life so horrible? But still, she bares the pressures of her family and lives for literature and cooking. Jamie's dream is that one day she will meet a rich man whom she loves desperately that will take care of her. For the rest of her life, she would read books and cook. Just a simple southern belle's way of life.
Her best friend, Kirsten Sherwood, knows about her family life only because she lives down the street from her. Being a devout Christian, she has tried desperately to bring Jamie to her church and failed many times. But still, they enjoy each other's company with the love for everything Disney and fast food. She is just the same height as Jamie, but is a strawberry blonde with brown eyes and skin that she claims 'glows ghostly white'. Kirsten has always been interested in politics, and hopes that someday she could put a new image out for politicians in a good Christian way. Not only is she very opinionated, but she is also very loyal, honest, and goofy. She always manages to make her friends smile no matter what is going on in their lives. Yet, she strives to do this so that no one can see her true sorrow. Her older brother, Matthew, has Crohn's Disease. It has caused both her and her family to suffer greatly. She hasn't seen him for almost a month because he is in a hospital in Charleston. She prays every night that she will be able to go up there and find him well again.
Kylar Sweeney, a rock star in the making. She stuck to her Goth friends up until they ditched her to go to California, and now relies on Sally as a friend. But, she isn't at all normal, nor are the other girls. She has jet black hair with dark brown eyes and keeps her skin pale even in the summertime. Her parents are now going through a divorce, and she has chosen to be reckless and not speak to them. She takes great comfort in her music diary, where lays all of her poems and song about death and sadness. At the moment, her mind grows darker and darker into her own pit of despair.
On the other side of this lies the content Lydia Mitchell. As it has been said, she moved here last summer. Her parents wanted her to fit in, so they had her help out at a kid's camp that summer as a counselor. There she met Joshua Hoffman, a tall, slightly big boned boy who had long curly brown hair and a personality that was oozing with charm. There at camp, he fell in love with her. When school started, he made sure that everything for them worked perfectly. And it had, at least, that's what Lydia tells herself. She is shy in appearance to everyone, but truly was confident. She has dark brown hair with a red tint, chocolate eyes and a natural simple beauty about her. She is tall and loves to read, write, and listen to musicals. Her favorite thing to do is to sing, but she has never performed for anyone. Not even Joshua. They are always together, and he is always the center of attention. Lydia doesn't care though, because he makes her happy, and he loves her. She has never felt that way about anyone before. The one thing that people do notice about her, however, is that she is always smiling; she has her first love.
Sally Perkins, a well-known girl in Beaufort County. She has been involved in all the school plays, the choirs, and still has time to help out her neighbor old man K. As far as everyone knows, she is a happy girl with wonderful parents and her older popular brother who has just left for college. The townsfolk say she will bring great things to this town. But, that was last summer, before school started up. She still does the plays, and helps everyone and smiles, but she really isn't. Her life is darker and more painful than any other person in the town, at least, she feels that way. Sally isn't tall or short, but right in the middle. She has long normal brown colored hair with green eyes and lightly tanned skin. Unlike her other friends, she isn't as slender and fair, but still is a very unique beauty in the town. It's very strange that her name is so common, yet she is so bizarre. Sally is interested in many different things, but she has no idea what she is going to do with her life. All she does now is that she loves her friends and is very protective of them; she is funny at times, calm at others, understanding, wise, and a dreamer. Many who know her well say she is a hopeless romantic, and she is, but not lately. Bitterness still eats at her, though she may hide it well. All she knows to do now is to find something to keep her mind from that pain by joining her friends, or acquaintances, together. This way, she won't have to face the world.
"Where should I tell everyone to meet Sal?" Kirsten asks cheerfully that summer day as she sits outside of Sally's house in the car with Jamie.
Sally smiles imaginatively, and says, "Tell them to meet at the abandoned church house on the outskirts of town at ten o'clock tonight. Tell no one and dress darkly."
Both Kirsten and Jamie's faces go white, and Kirsten pipes out, "But that place is-"
"Just do it! I promise you, we'll be safe there. I'll see you tonight for the first meeting." Sally turns around and goes back up her front porch into her house.
Looking at Jamie, Kirsten says, "If anything happens to me when we're up at that church, I'm never taking her to McDonald's again!"