So far, this has been a very intriguing book. In our first lit circle discussion, my table mates and I brought up some very interesting points. We had different ideas on some of them and most were very logical.
One of the topics we discussed was the fact that Risa is a perfectionist. In the beginning of the book at her piano recital, she missed a few minor notes. Her coach said she did marvelous and that he was proud of her but Risa was being very hard on herself and calmly replied.
This quote helped support our point, but I made a conclusion from this statement. The fact that Risa is a perfectionist, allowed her, Lev, and Connor to make it this far without being caught. Risa doesn’t like making mistakes, so every time she makes one she practically freaks out and feels she has to do something to cover it up. That’s when her street smart instincts kick in.
A situation that exemplifies this is when her, Connor, and Lev are trying not to be recognized by the police by waiting at a school bus stop with other students. But then Connor overhears a little boy telling his mom that they’ve been storked (when a baby is left on your doorstep) again, and it reminds him of when his family was storked, but the baby died. Connor runs to their door, with the police still watching, because he thinks it’s the same baby. The mother yells at him asking if he put the baby there. But Connor gets tongue-tied in shock of what he just did because he doesn’t think before he does things. Then Risa comes up behind him and says,
Then Risa takes the baby when the lady threatens to call the cops over. Connor could’ve gotten them caught right then and there, and sent off to be unwound. The decisions he makes can get them killed, but Risa is a perfectionist so she knows how to cover up and take care of mistakes when they happen. In other words, she’s street smart.
One of the topics we discussed was the fact that Risa is a perfectionist. In the beginning of the book at her piano recital, she missed a few minor notes. Her coach said she did marvelous and that he was proud of her but Risa was being very hard on herself and calmly replied.
“I stunk up the stage.” (pg.21)
This quote helped support our point, but I made a conclusion from this statement. The fact that Risa is a perfectionist, allowed her, Lev, and Connor to make it this far without being caught. Risa doesn’t like making mistakes, so every time she makes one she practically freaks out and feels she has to do something to cover it up. That’s when her street smart instincts kick in.
A situation that exemplifies this is when her, Connor, and Lev are trying not to be recognized by the police by waiting at a school bus stop with other students. But then Connor overhears a little boy telling his mom that they’ve been storked (when a baby is left on your doorstep) again, and it reminds him of when his family was storked, but the baby died. Connor runs to their door, with the police still watching, because he thinks it’s the same baby. The mother yells at him asking if he put the baby there. But Connor gets tongue-tied in shock of what he just did because he doesn’t think before he does things. Then Risa comes up behind him and says,
“He didn’t put it there. I did.”(pg.63)
Then Risa takes the baby when the lady threatens to call the cops over. Connor could’ve gotten them caught right then and there, and sent off to be unwound. The decisions he makes can get them killed, but Risa is a perfectionist so she knows how to cover up and take care of mistakes when they happen. In other words, she’s street smart.
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