Book Review of The Hundred Dresses

Basic Elements:

1. Characters: Maddie, Peggy, Wanda

2. Setting: At school, Wanda’s home

3. Plot: Peggy and Maddie bully Wanda and when they notice they want to say sorry and then they find out that Wanda never hates them and they are still friends.

4. Perspective: Third person view 

5. Genre: Children’s novel, realistic fiction

The book The Hundred Dress talks about a little girl called Wanda and she didn’t come to school these days and very soon her ‘friends’ Peggy and Maddie found out. And then One day, their teacher tells them that Wanda’s father has sent them a message that says Wanda is going to another school because that She is kept calling by nicknames and she has been answering questions she doesn’t want to. Then, Maddie thinks about the game they have been playing with Wanda before, it is the hundred dresses game. Each girl will ask Wanda how many dresses she has and Wanda will say one hundred. It starts when a girl called Cecilne wears a new dress and when everyone is asking about the dress Wanda tells them she has a hundred dresses. But the thing that makes Maddie feel bad is that because she doesn’t want to lose Peggy, who is the most popular girl in the class, she doesn’t stop her playing the game with Wanda. But then in the drawing contest they found that Maddie draws a hundred dresses and she draws them on her pictures too, she still likes the girls.

Bully is not just hitting or spilling water on one but also from a spiritual level. Just like in this book, maybe Peggy and Maddie don't notice but they are already bullying Wanda and even though Wanda still answers her and she looks like that she thinks it is fun but it's not. And she is just hiding her feelings and doesn’t want to show her weakness to her classmates and she still thinks that they don't mean to do it to him. Peggy and Maddie accidentally do a lot of things that hurt Wanda such as calling her nicknames, isolating her, not believing her, asking uncomfortable questions. For them it may not be bullying but more like a little game they play with Wanda but for others they will think that it is not right. There is a saying: Those involved in the matter are easily blinded to the truth, and those not involved can see things clearly. It fits perfectly for Peggy and Maddie also for the other girls. Bullying can ruin a person’s life.

There are always regrets in our lives and there is no regret medicine to buy and eat nor time travel machine. But people will learn from the mistakes and every time when one gets wrong one will grow into a better person. Lots of chances when you lose it, you lose it and will never come back just like Wanda is gone and will never come back and Peggy, Maddie will not see her again soon too. They will never have a chance to say sorry for their bullying and isolating but after this thing, they will be a better person and will learn from this thing and then there will be no more people hurt by the way they interact with their friends. The saying failure is the mother of success, is telling people that if one does something wrong and has no chance to change don’t feel bad because after this mistake there will be no more same mistakes made by you. That's a good thing to make mistakes but one needs to learn something from the mistake and change it. As long as you learn something it is good.

Everyone will make mistakes, no one is perfect and as long as one forgives others they will have another chance to be a better person. In this story, Wanda always trusts that there are no bad people who will change as long as they know that they are wrong so she also forgives Peggy and Maddie even though after they do all of the bullying to her. She even changed her school but she still knows and always trusts that they just don’t know that they are wrong, not that they really want to do that. Human nature is inherently good. This is a saying that lots of people know and also it is very right. And also, Wanda is a strong and kind little girl . She also has empathy, and her empathy is showing when she has been asking questions. She always thinks that they want to play and if they want she will do her best to make them feel happy. Empathy and forgiveness is very important for everyone, but never let the Holy Mother’s heart overflow, it is no good for one.

The book The hundred dresses talks about a girl called Wanda who is bullied by two girls in her school so she changes her school and then the two girls know that they are wrong but then they find out that Wanda never hates them Wanda still thinks that they are friends. Also, the two girls change, they know that they are wrong and they change. In the story the bully Peggy and Meddie do to Wanda is not hitting but for the spiritual level. Bullying may ruin an innocent life. Making mistakes are not bad things but the importance is to know what is wrong and never do it again. Failure is the mother of success. Wanda also thinks that no one is bad, they just don't know that they are hurting others so she forgives Peggy and Maddie. She is strong, and also has empathy. She thinks that the game is really just a game and she wants to let others feel happy so she plays the game.