Using at least three examples from the text, discuss what art represents for Charlie and for the people she draws.

Watching Casper’s turtle, Charlie reflects, “I’d like to be that turtle, underwater, quiet, no one around” (18). What does quiet mean to Charlie at the beginning and at the end of the novel?

At various points in the story, Charlie describes hot and cold as alternately positive and negative, pain as alternately comforting and unbearable, scars as alternately beautiful and ugly. Using three examples from the text, examine the function of dualities in the novel.