In this passage, Eleanor finally provides a detailed history about her dad. She believes that her father doesn’t love her or her siblings, and resents him for abandoning them. This is why Eleanor was so apprehensive towards babysitting for his step-daughter. She couldn’t stand the thought of being replaced by someone else in her father’s life. The author used simple language, typical of Eleanor’s age, to convey this message to the readers. The author also used “…Ben used to get really angry and say he was going to move in with their dad— which was an empty effing promise, and everyone knew it,” to create a connection between her readers and the novel. In this passage, the author communicated Eleanor’s thoughts in a way similar to the way a teenage brain would work. I believe that the author was successful in her attempt to connect her character Eleanor to her readers. …show more content…
This excerpt sets up a major theme of the book— individuality. A sizeable chunk of this novel is about Park and his struggles to be accepted; by his peers, his family, and Eleanor. Consequently, Park is surprised when Eleanor refers to him as cool, because he always thought that he was weird. Later on in the novel, Park’s dad excommunicates his son because he believes its’s abominable for his son to wear eyeliner. This causes conflict between the characters Park and his father, which is a literary strategy that the author chose to use. This provides depth to the novel, and it therefore allows for multiple interpretations of the