Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Family, Responsibility, and Growing Up
Love and Fear
Social Structure, Reputation, and High School
Lies vs. Honesty
Summary
Analysis
On Saturday afternoon, Lara Jean and Margot are on the phone. Margot is pestering Lara Jean about getting her applications in for a spring internship, a process Lara Jean hasn’t even started yet. Margot says that Lara Jean needs to take initiative and take her junior year seriously. Lara Jean feels ready to cry, and Margot backs off. The conversation shifts; Lara Jean decides not to tell Margot about Peter and says truthfully that she hasn’t seen Josh much.
Margot makes it seem like Lara Jean has no choice but to be just as involved and successful in school as she was, which is a lot of pressure for Lara Jean. But Lara Jean also wants to impress her sister, which is why she doesn’t say anything about Peter.
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