As the old saying goes, “an ounce of cure is worth a pound of prevention”. I believe that this is what the author thought of when choosing the title for this story. There is a lot of wisdom found in these words that is usually only realized after the fact. This reminds me of another old saying that I think also applies to this story – “Hindsight is twenty-twenty”. How many times have we thought, “if …showed first 75 words of 568 total…

…showed last 75 words of 568 total…The plot is arranged in chronological order, which I feel is essential in the way this particular story is told. A first-person narrator gives the point of view. I feel that this gives us a deeper insight into the main character and how the events took place. I believe that the author’s main character in the story could be described as a dynamic character because of how the chain of events changed her life.