Foil

Character Role Analysis

Emma and Kellan

Emma and Kellan are foils because they're totally opposite characters. Emma doesn't believe in true love, but Kellan lives and breathes for it; Emma dates a different guy every couple of months, but Kellan has been dating the same guy forever. And while Emma's all proud of her cynical take on romance for much of the book, ultimately, she realizes that this very cynicism is what's been her problem all along—in the past, present, and future. And Kellan's right there to model for readers just what things might look like as Emma changes her tune.