Everything, Everything

Everything, Everything

by

Nicola Yoon

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Everything, Everything: 73. Released, Part Two Summary & Analysis

Summary
Analysis
One evening, Maddy logs onto the instant messenger. Olly is worried, says that Mom won’t let him visit, and tells Maddy that she doesn’t have to thank him for saving her life. Later, he writes that he’s glad they can chat again, and that maybe Mom will let him visit, but Maddy doesn’t respond. He suggests that visiting would be better than nothing. A few hours later, Maddy says it isn’t—they can’t go back to no kissing and no future. Olly asks about the pills. Maddy admits that she lied. When Olly points out that it would’ve been his fault if Maddy died, Maddy writes that she’s not Olly’s responsibility. Another hour later, Maddy writes that she wanted everything, but that she can’t do this anymore. She says that Mom is right, and that life was better before. She logs off.
Even if Maddy is very upset by what happened, it’s worth keeping in mind that she’s only able to insist that Mom was right because she had the experience of getting out and seeing firsthand all the horrible things that can happen to a person out in the world. With this, even though Maddy comes to Mom’s preferred conclusion, it’s essential to recognize that Maddy only gets to this point because she disobeyed and experienced things firsthand, rather than taking Mom’s word for it.
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