Eleanor And Park Theme

In the novel Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, the message that love is everlasting is a persistent theme portrayed throughout the story by showing that if you really love someone, their appearance has no effect, you would do anything for the people you love, and love withstands even the toughest circumstances. Eleanor and Park shows that love isn't affected by appearance. At first, there was no physical attraction between Eleanor and Park. They fell in love with each other's personalities and the people they were on the inside despite how they looked on the outside. Park knew that people made fun of Eleanor because of how she looked, and he initially thought the same thing. Once they fell in love, none that bothered him anymore. He even

There were multiple times throughout the story where Eleanor and Park did things for each other that most people would see as preposterous. Eleanor constantly risked her safety by sneaking out of the house to be with Park. Likewise, Park did dangerous things for Eleanor. When their classmates were chanting “Go. Big. Red,” Park knew he had to put a stop to it, so he decided to fight Steve. “Park took a few steps back, then cranked his shoulder forward, spinning into the air and kicking Steve right in the mouth,” (131). The fight resulted in him getting a suspension and a few minor injuries. He could have just ignored the antagonizers and walked right to class but he stuck up for Eleanor instead. Another time Park took a risky decision to help Eleanor was when he helped her run away from Richie to Minnesota. He risked getting in huge trouble with his parents, or worse, Richie himself. Since he loved Eleanor, he had to protect her even if it meant driving her all the way to St. Paul, Minnesota. Even the toughest circumstances didn't stop Eleanor and Park from loving each other. There were times where it would've been easiest to just break up and move on, but they fought for each