Nikki
11/8/18
On pages 107-109, Junior tells us more about Penelope, and 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).
Penelope is bulimic. This means that she forces herself to throw up after eating. Junior finds out about this when he goes to the bathroom to get out of class and hears someone vomiting in the girl's bathroom. At first, he thinks she is anorexic but she is quick to correct him saying “anorexics are anorexics all the time…” “…I’m only bulimic when I’m throwing up”(Alexie 107). Junior reacts to this by drawing a picture of his dad saying “I’m only an alcoholic when I get drunk” (Alexie 107). He then tells Penelope not to give up. Immediately after telling her he thinks it is incredibly corny and he is embarrassed and regrets saying anything, but Penelope starts crying and telling Junior about how she is lonely and how everyone thinks her life is perfect but “…she’s scared all the time, but nobody will let her be scared because she’s smart pretty and popular” (Alexie 108). After this Junior and Penelope become closer and this surprises everyone in the school, even Junior because Junior was seen as an outsider up until this point, but now that Penelope has shown interest in Junior, everyone else is suddenly interested in him.
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