who shall i be?

Who Shall I Be?


In Who Shall I Be?, Crichton argues that “Our guiding principle is the fresh start, our foundation the big move, and nothing seduces like the promise of a clean slate” (Crichton 216).
In the text, Crichton says that there are a lot of people who want to move away to college to get a fresh start. Rusty for example, wanted to move away because she didn’t want to carry the burden of throwing up at Bob Stonehill’s party. She knows for sure that no one would ever forget the incident, and she was eager to go some place where no one would knows her. Rusty said it herself, “Going away to college gives us a chance to rinse off part of our past, to shake off our burdensome reputations” (Crichton 217).
Another reason why people want to go away to college is because of stereotypes, and banishing those stereotypes is not acceptable in high school society. People are not given chances to do something new: if you’re a drama kid, you’re a drama ...