How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I'd already detached from the conversation. In my head I saw the girl on the waves, bobbing along, thinking my thoughts, feeling my feelings, swimming away. (2.75)
If the girl in Deanna's story can feel Deanna's feelings and still swim away, why is the real Deanna so stuck?
Quote #5
An image flashed in my mind: Stacy in a different living room, with a nicer, ungreen carpet, and a real painting of a lighthouse over the fireplace. "We won't live here forever, Stacy." (2.131)
Deanna doesn't imagine actually taking Stacy away to a place with a lighthouse, just to a place with a nicer picture of one. It's like a cake of hopelessness with a slightly less hopeless frosting.
Quote #6
"Deanna, I'm serious. I don't want you stuck in Pacifica after you graduate, hanging around and getting into trouble." (2.198)
Darren assumes that the only thing to do in Pacifica is get into trouble—but there are people like Michael, the owner of Picasso's Pizza, who live there just fine without getting into trouble. Do you think Deanna is more like Darren or Michael?