There's no denying it: friendship is good. And the girls in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants know this, prompting them to vow to stick together no matter where their summers may take them. While the Pants help them do this, each girl also makes good on her commitment, so at the end of the summer, though the girls have grown and changed a whole heckofa lot, they come back together. There are things they'll have to figure out friendship-wise after so much shifting, but we don't doubt that they have the dedication needed to do just that.
Questions About Friendship
- How is the friendship among the members of the Sisterhood strengthened by being apart?
- While the girls remain friends, how has their friendship changed throughout the summer?
- What role do the Pants play in keeping the friendship together while the girls are apart?
- How do the individual changes the girls experience change their friendship?
Chew on This
Carmen was the leader of the Sisterhood because she was the most dedicated to preserving the friendship—without her, who knows what would have happened.
In "the real world," these four girls would never be best friends because they are too different.