The gray background: The dark gray graduitly turns darker to lighter representing the change in Dallas. The dark gray turns to lighter gray which then returns to an even lighter grey which also represents her becoming more of a good teenager over the course of the story. Resentment: She resented her father because he didn’t say yes to the probation.Rehabilitation: She went throw a rehabilitation process through GRC.Support: The girls in GRC all supported one another .Change: Throughout the course of the book you can see the emotional changes she goes through.New beginnings: After she gets out of GRC, she gets to start her life over at a group home.