I See You Everywhere (Pgs. 44- 84)

Summary
     In these pages of the book, a new chapter begins. Louisa begins by mentioning the type of relationship she had during the summer with her sister Clem. She mentioned how they talked about their activities in the summer, and talked about encounters with strangers. Readers also learn more about Clem's character through her love of wildlife and nature, and the activities she was committed to during the summer that she mentioned to Louisa. Besides learning about Clem's devotion to the wildlife, Louisa also mentions Clem's boyfriend Luke. Louisa mentions how the relationship Clem and Luke have is complicated, where Luke is devoted to her and wants to marry her, whereas Clem doesn't even have marriage in mind. Clem isn't even as committed and as into Luke as he is with her, yet he remains by her side. She got together with other guys when he was gone, and once, when he found them together on her porch, her sitting in this stranger's lap, she apologized to Luke, but told him that if he made a scene, the relationship would end(pg.47). In this chapter Louisa also mentions her life in New York City, and her job as an editor.
   In these pages readers also learn about love interests of Louisa. She mentions Sam, who is a painter. and how she fell for him because he is different and full of surprises(pg. 51). Through Louisa readers also learn about the jealousy she got towards Clem after she grew up and stopped listening to her, because she was so used to being in charge of her. Something else learned was how Clem experienced a lot of accidents, as if she was prone to them. There was one incident in which Clem got a big scar due to almost being killed when she got runover while she was riding her bike. To conclude the rest of the pages left, Sam calls Louisa to meet up to have dinner, but then Clem shows up a wreck and ruins the moment. Luke shows up as well. Clem woudn't tell Louisa what had happened, but in the end she told her that she had had something with this guy named "Spider", and that she ended up becoming pregnant, and that now she had no idea as to how she was going to tell Luke.Louisa also goes to Clem after she had married a guy named Hugh, but that he wasn't doing anything to keep the relationship going. Lastly, through Clem readers learned what happened in her point of view about Mike, the guy Louisa claims Clem took from her, and how nothing was going on between them when Louisa got mad and threw wine at Clem (pg.84).

Quote
    "Suddenly, she no longer took my threats seriously. Try as I might, I could not gain her fear, her respect, never mind her trust. Well, I thought, this is what I deserve for being such a tyrant, for having assumed my regime was infallible. Tyrants, no exception, fall" (Glass 53).

Reaction
   In these pages, the author doesn't swith the narration as much as the first time. Actually, she barely switches narration. Maybe once or twice or possibly more did Louisa and Clement switch being narrators. Other than that, mainly Louisa told the story. Also, it is somewhat confusing to understand what is happening, whether time is moving forward or backward, but as the new chapters begin, time is moving forward by the years. The envy between these two sisters is more apparent, but at the same time, they are bound together no matter what, and they depend on each other and go to each other when they need advice or when something bad happens. Reminiscing into the chidhood of both Clem and Louisa happens less frequent as well.
   I chose this quote because readers can learn the behavior Louisa had towards her younger sister. She had enjoyed always telling her what to do, and being in control. So, when Clem grew up and then grew out of being bossed around by Louisa, that bothered her a lot. She wanted to control her sister, yet she wanted them to be close. Apparently she lost both in one shot, and Louisa doesn't blame anybody but herself because that happened. Not only does this quote show the childhood of both Clem and Louisa, it also shows where the relationship got damaged, and why it remained that way up until they both grew up.