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
The next day, Daddy, Kitty, and Lara Jean drive Margot to the airport. Margot insists on going in all by herself, but Daddy refuses. She hugs and kisses everyone, saving Lara Jean for last. Margot tells Lara Jean to take good care of the others; she’s in charge now. Lara Jean keeps looking for signs that Margot is going to miss the family as much as they’ll miss her, but Margot continues through security without looking back. Lara Jean cries all the way home. At home, she wonders what Daddy and Kitty will do in two years, when she goes to college. Lara Jean decides to go to a local school and maybe even live at home, at least for the first semester.
Lara Jean is constantly watching Margot to see if she’s upset or afraid—but she gives no indication that she’s asked Margot how she feels about all of this. So, Lara Jean may not have a full picture of what Margot is feeling—she’s only assuming. Meanwhile, with Margot gone, Lara Jean now has to step into the primary caregiving role for Kitty. Given how much Lara Jean has relied on Margot for the last six years, this is a frightening prospect—it’s a lot of responsibility.
Themes
