Surprisingly, not many people talk about it online. But in Bridge to Terabithia, Jess refuses to believe that Leslie actually died and thinks of it as just a dream. He even starts thinking of all the things he would do with her the next day (like running over the hills). Even started imagining conversations he would have with Leslie later.
As a kid, I actually fell for it. The writing kind of distracted me from the fact she was really dead. Like Jess, even I started believing that it was perhaps a nightmare. That just made it sad all over again.
Was I the only one who didn't realize that it was just Jess refusing to accept the reality?
by hridiv
1 Comment
It’s been years since I read it, but I can still vividly remember reading that scene over and over again where Leslie is found dead because my brain couldn’t comprehend what had happened. Absolutely traumatizing!