The document summarizes a passage from the book Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. It describes how the two main characters, Eleanor and Park, find love despite being completely opposite. When they first meet on the school bus, Eleanor seems disheveled while Park finds her intriguing. Their relationship blossoms as they bond over music and stare into each other's eyes, showing that differences don't preclude love and one shouldn't care what others think of their relationship.

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Charlotte Bourbon
Oct. 3, 2019
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In the book Eleanor & Park written by Rainbow Rowell, the author is trying to convince
me that the book is about two completely opposite people finding extraordinary love between
each other. I guess what they say is true, opposites attract.
The reason why I think the tone of the book is very powerful is that not only are they so
different, but they are so in love. For example “Not just new--but big and awkward. With crazy
hair, bright red on top of curly. And she was dressed like… like she wanted people to look at her.
Or maybe like she didn’t get what a mess she was. She had on a plaid shirt, a man’s shirt, with
half a dozen weird necklaces hanging around her neck and scarves wrapped around her wrists.
She reminded Park of a scarecrow or one of the trouble dolls his mom kept on her dresser. Like
something that wouldn’t survive in the wild.” This all happened when they first met on the first
day of school on the school bus. was But because of how they don’t care about what other
people think they know that they make each other happy and don’t need anyone's opinion about
it. For example, “When he saw Eleanor walking toward him on Monday morning, Park wanted to
run to her and sweep her up into his arms. Like some guy in the soap operas his mom watched.
He hung on to his backpack to hold himself back… It was kind of wonderful. Park was just her
height, but he seemed taller. Eleanor's eyelashes were the same color as her freckles. They
talked about the White Album on the way to school, but just as an excuse to stare at each
other’s mouths. You’d think they were lip-reading.”
This shows that even if you are different then someone, there's nothing holding you back
from loving them. Also that there is no reason to care what others think about your relationship.
If you do care then you shouldn't be in that relationship in the first place.