The Thing About Jellyfish
By Ali Benjamin
Whats "The Thing About Jellyfish" about??
Suzy and Franny have been best friends for a while. Franny goes on vacation to Maryland for the summer. Franny drowns. Suzy thinks she knows how, but she's not for sure. Will Suzy ever find out how Franny drowned?
Type of conflict: man vs. self
The conflict of this book would be man vs. self because Suzzy is vs. herself with Franny being gone. She didn't come out of her room for a few weeks to about a month. She wouldn't talk to anyone. She would just keep to herself.
Quote from the book about conflict
Pg. 15- "It didn't make sense because it hadn't been that long since I'd seen you, and you were just as alive as everyone then."
Suzy
Suzy was Franny's best friend. After finding out about Franny's death Suzy didn't come out of her room for about a month. Now she is determined to find out how Franny drowned.
Character traits: quiet, shy, depressed
Franny
Franny was Suzy's best friend. Franny is popular. Before Franny went on vacation her and Suzy got into a big fight. Now they will never be able to make up.
Character traits: popular, self-centered, naive
Justin
Justin is Suzy's new best friend. After Franny died Suzy really didn't have anyone, so Justin becomes one of Suzy's really good friends
Character traits: loyal, caring, funny
Theme
Friendship and Death
Precept
"Just keep swimming no matter how hard the current," -Ava
Symbolism
A Jellyfish is a symbolism of the book because Suzzy seems to think that Franny got stung by a very rare kind or poisonous jellyfish. Suzy thinks this because Franny is a really good swimmer.
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