Sunday, May 19, 2013

(3) On pages 107-109, Junior tells us morea bout Penelope, amd he learns her secret. Explain this situation and why he says "...she's scared all the time, but nobody will let her be scared..." (108). (Lauren:)

       In the chapter "Hunger Pains," Arnold learns that Penelope is bulimic, and that deep down she is scared. Penelope is smart, intelligent, and very popular, and the society expects her to be the best, and nothing else but the best. However, just because somebody is popular definitely doesn't mean that their not insecure or scared inside. Everybody fears something, and Penelope feels lonely. She hides her true self from everybody just to make herself something that she shouldn't be. "But Penelope starts crying, talking about how lonely she is, and how everybody thinks her life is perfect because she's pretty and smart and popular, but that she's scared all the time, but nobody will let her be scared because she's pretty and smart and popular" (Alexie, 108). Arnold is the only person who truly understands Penelope and who she is under her popular layer. Arnold is the one person that will let Penelope be scared, which is really what Penelope needs. Nobody let's her feel scared because she's pretty, smart, and popular, and that is all that people expect of her.
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  1. UnknownMay 20, 2013 at 2:58 AM

    I completely agree with you. Also Junior doesn't care what she is like he will always be there for her. When Junior is standing in the hall with Penelope when she leaves the bathroom he says "Hey Penelope" "Don't give up"(Alexie 104). When Junior says this he is referring to Penelope but he is also saying that he will not give up on her. She is the odd one out when she is alone but she hides it with everyone else, except for Junior.

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