Aside from "The Kite Runner" for my book club, I have also been reading "Honey, Baby, Sweetheart" written by Deb Caletti. This book is about a very quiet, shy, girl named Ruby mcQueen, who has always been known as the shy girl in her school. Ruby has several friends, but not too many. However, later in the book Ruby is noticed by Travis Becker, the best looking, wealthiest boy in town. Travis is completely different from the people Ruby usually hangs out with. He is incredibly confident, outgoing, and rides a motorcycle. Ruby is incredibly happy with her new relationship. Things with her mother and father, however, are definitely not the same. Ruby's father is never home and is always traveling, trying to get a singing career, leaving Ruby's mother alone all the time. Ruby's father's actions really upset her, and she is always trying to convince her mother to leave him. Ruby is constantly talking to her mom about her leaving her father because she is much better than him and he is clearly not giving any effort. In conclusion, Ruby is always telling her mom her father is not right for her. However, when problems begin to occur between Ruby and Travis and Travis is clearly not the guy she thought he was, Ruby does not follow the advice she gave to her mother, her own advice. Just like Ruby's father, Travis is not willing to give up the things he is doing wrong just to be with Ruby. What makes people give advice they do not follow? Isn't someone's advice their opinion on how to handle the situation? Why would they think differently when the situation applies to them?

                                   People give advice. A person's advice is their opinion and idea on how to handle a situation and what to do in a situation. However, people often do not apply their advice to their own situation. One reason I think this happens is because when giving advice to someone about something, the person giving the advice may not have been in the situation they are giving advice about, and may not understand that it is hard to always do the right thing. For example, when Ruby tells her mom to leave her father, but when Travis becomes bad, Ruby does not apply her advice to herself and stays with Travis. I think this is because Ruby did not have any experience with her mother's situation and did not know how hard it was to leave a loved one.

                              Another reason I think that people do not end up following their own advice is because their situation may not be as serious as the persons they are giving advice to. For example, someone's situation may be more serious/severe than another's and their advice can not apply to a more difficult situation.

                             In conclusion, people can be hypocritical towards their advice because they either have not been in the situation or their situation is more serious.