Week 2- Some Assembly Required

So this week the theme is characterization, and I want to talk some about that, but it might not be all I talk about, so just be aware.

First off, there's something I forgot to mention last week, which is that every few chapters there is a chapter or two told not from the point of view of Colleen, but of Ann Putman, a girl living in the 1800s in Salem. Ann tells the story of how she and her friends sort-of-kinda-accidentally made everyone in their town think they were basically possessed. They peed on rye last I saw them. So that was awkward.

Let's start with that characterization now. As long as we're talking about Ann, I'll mention some of her characteristics. Ann is a weird character. And I'm not just saying that because she said she'd willingly fall asleep in a room where there are multiple wasps' nests.

Ann is kind of a pushover, and she'll basically do anything to get attention. Like when one of her friends bit her and instead of telling the doctors examining her that it was a bite from a crazy human girl, she stayed silent and let him assume that a demon was attacking her. Because that's a logical conclusion.

Then we're back to Colleen. She actually reminds me a lot of me in a weird way. She cares a lot about her grades, but gives herself enough time to spend with the few close friends she has instead of having a large group of less close friends. She's very conscious of how other people view her, and is genuinely humble when it comes to her achievements. She really makes me think of me in the way she handles certain situations.

I also wanted to mention some little predictions and stuff. So, a lot of girls at Colleen's school are getting this "mystery illness", and one of the characters mentioned that his girlfriend, one of the girls there, wasn't returning his texts, and I immediately thought to myself, "Yeah, she's sick" and a few chapters later there was a 'dramatic reveal' that the character got the mystery illness. Called it. I'm usually able to predict little things like that in movies and books.

A prediction for later in the book? Colleen's little sister. Her name is Louise, but Colleen's family calls her Wheeze. She's very young, and no one pays attention to her. They just kind of ignore her, and she'll disappear for long periods of time before briefly reentering as comic relief. My prediction is that Wheeze will somehow be crucial to climax of the story. The author wouldn't include a character so close to the main character for no reason, so she's gotta have some kind of ulterior motive that we don't see yet. If I'm gonna be more specific, she could even be the mystery texter who's been sending Colleen hints on what's going on, although that doesn't seem likely considering her age. But she'll definitely be crucial later.

I guess that's all for now. Later!