Quarter 4: Outside Reading #6

Now that Bridget knows about what Eric actually thinks about what happened in Baja two summers ago, she feels uncomfortable and is always aware of herself. Earlier this summer she got used to Eric and they had an ease between them, now it is just always awkward especially because they have to go on a conoeing trip together and share. When Carmen is at the hospital with Valia, she goes on a walk around the hallways and sees her mother by herself in a pregnancy class, so Carmen goes in the class and helps her mom by being her partner in the class. After the class is done, both Carmen and her mom run into Win, and so her mom gets a chance to meet him. While Tibby is working at the movie theatre, Brian and Katherine show up to watch a movie, and yet again Tibby is somewhat ignoring Brian because she is still hiding in her guilt. And finally Lena is continuing the make her portfolio of drawings for the merit scholarship so that she can still go to RISD. The next person she plans on drawing is Valia who she believes will be the toughest person to draw, but they both find out things about each other through her drawing, "She nodded brusquely, but Lena believed that on this strange Saturday afternoon, they had seen each other"(Brashares 189). This quote shows that Lena's drawings really connect her to her actual life and allow her to comprehend and understand the people and the things in her life. Her understandings will later allow her to live in harmony with the objects and people around her. Through Lena's drawings she will find herself, and I think that drawing will help her grow as a character, person, and friend. In terms of finding self through hobbies, Lena resembles main character in the movie Bend It Like Beckham because she finds herself through playing soccer, her favorite thing to do.