Park and Eleanor (entry 2)

                I have noticed throughout my novel that Park and Eleanor are both very complex characters and reach depths that I have not seen in other books. I have seen this especially throughout Eleanor’s personality. Because she has such a troubled home life Eleanor is very emotional and a deep thinker about practically everything she does. I am seeing that she looks up to Park and wants to be like him because through her eyes he is perfect, wealthy, kind, and warm hearted. She wants to be like Park and have everything he has. She wants to live in a big house, have fancy clothes and lots of friends. This is probably why she craves to be around him so much. In the novel it always describes that the moments on the bus that she is around him are the best moments of her life, this shows how bad her life really is. On the switch side I am seeing that Park has the same feelings about Eleanor always wanting to be with her. He likes her because she is different and isn’t afraid to show her true colors to people. I like the way the book is structured because every chapter it changes back and forth from Park and Eleanor’s point of view. I like this because I know what each of the characters are thinking about one another. I am noticing some themes that are starting to develop. One of which is if you are around positive people you will have a positive outlook. Parks joyful attitude is clearly feeding off to Eleanor and she is now not worrying so much about her messed up family and focusing on more of the positives of life and trying to be happy.