Summer Reading Blog 3
I feel as though, the first few lines of this book were the most hooking to me and my sister, "Dear Ed,
In a sec you'll hear a thunk. At your front door, the one nobody uses. It'll rattle the hinges a bit when it lands, because it's so weighty and important, a little jangle along with the thunk, and Joan will look up from whatever she's cooking. She will look down in her saucepan, worried that if she goes to see what it is it'll boil over. I can see her frown in the reflection of the bubbly sauce or whatnot. But she'll go, she'll go and see. You won't. You won't, Ed. You wouldn't. You're upstairs probably, sweaty and alone. You should be taking a shower, but you're heartbroken in bed, I hope, so it's your sister, Joan, who will open the door even though the thunk's for you. You won't even know or hear what's being dumped at your door. You won't even know why it even happened...
I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much." (Handler, Loc. 10).
The quote I have chosen is just about the whole first chapter. that chapter is explaining the events taking place throughout the whole entire book, like the fact, throughout the book Min is writing the letter, explaining the 42 reasons why they broke up and how everything went down to the very point of her dropping the box of reasons and the letter at Ed's doorstep. She tells us at the end of the first chapter, 'I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed... And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much.' Min told us the reason, the main reason, in the beginning and gave us the details of their relationship and all the cute memories they had. For any teenage girl that reads this, I'm sure they'll be thinking something along the lines, "This Min character is crazy for breaking up with a guy that spent all his days changing his ways to become a perfect boyfriend figure to her and doing everything she wanted, someone who made her so happy. Why would she break up with him because of their amazing memorizes together? Why would she break up with him if she loved him so much?" That right there, that's what I was thinking throughout this whole book... she definitely has a different mind set than I do.b
In a sec you'll hear a thunk. At your front door, the one nobody uses. It'll rattle the hinges a bit when it lands, because it's so weighty and important, a little jangle along with the thunk, and Joan will look up from whatever she's cooking. She will look down in her saucepan, worried that if she goes to see what it is it'll boil over. I can see her frown in the reflection of the bubbly sauce or whatnot. But she'll go, she'll go and see. You won't. You won't, Ed. You wouldn't. You're upstairs probably, sweaty and alone. You should be taking a shower, but you're heartbroken in bed, I hope, so it's your sister, Joan, who will open the door even though the thunk's for you. You won't even know or hear what's being dumped at your door. You won't even know why it even happened...
I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much." (Handler, Loc. 10).
The quote I have chosen is just about the whole first chapter. that chapter is explaining the events taking place throughout the whole entire book, like the fact, throughout the book Min is writing the letter, explaining the 42 reasons why they broke up and how everything went down to the very point of her dropping the box of reasons and the letter at Ed's doorstep. She tells us at the end of the first chapter, 'I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed... And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much.' Min told us the reason, the main reason, in the beginning and gave us the details of their relationship and all the cute memories they had. For any teenage girl that reads this, I'm sure they'll be thinking something along the lines, "This Min character is crazy for breaking up with a guy that spent all his days changing his ways to become a perfect boyfriend figure to her and doing everything she wanted, someone who made her so happy. Why would she break up with him because of their amazing memorizes together? Why would she break up with him if she loved him so much?" That right there, that's what I was thinking throughout this whole book... she definitely has a different mind set than I do.b
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