Post A3

*Vocab*
1. embellish (158): to add ornamental or fictitious details to
2. furtively (149): taken, done, used, etc., by stealth; secret

*Figurative Language*
1. "...although Peter no longer came to her house and vice versa, they still hung out together in school, and he was the last person in the world Josie could imagine doing anything illegal" (152). This is an example of irony because it was said (thought about) six years before Peter actually did do something illegal when he killed people at school.
2. "...they seemed so fake sometimes that Josie thought if she poked one of them with a sharp pencil they'd burst like a balloon" (152). This is an example of a simile because the word like is used to show how fragile the girls are and if she did anything to them they would burst like a balloon.
3. "You can fell people staring; it's like heat that rises from the pavement during summer, like a poker in the small of your back" (161). This is an example of two similes because it uses like to compare the feeling of someone staring at you and how it gets to your head with little things that bug you.

*Quote*
"Josie stood up, backing away from him. "I'll see you around, Peter," she said, and she walked out of his life" (160). The importance of this quote is that as soon as Josie started putting on make-up and hanging around with different people she realized she was a different person and could no longer hang out with Peter.

*Theme*
I think an emerging theme in the book is that it's alright to make new friends and try new things, but you can't leave behind your old self and old friends because no matter what they are still there.