Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Everything, Everything, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Coming of Age
Trust and Lies
Family, Abuse, and Bravery
The Value of Experience
Summary
Analysis
Carla makes Maddy and Olly wait a week before seeing each other so that they can make sure he won’t activate any of Maddy’s triggers. The week seems to drag on forever. Maddy devises techniques to pass the time, such as measuring shadows, watching glue dry, and rearranging her books.
That Carla is willing to let Olly visit again shows that Carla understands how important it is for Maddy’s development to have the opportunity to interact with someone like Olly, unsupervised and on her own terms.
Themes
