How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph), For Prologue: (P.Paragraph), For Epilogue: (E.Paragraph), For footnotes: (Chapter.F.Paragraph)
Quote #4
But things were different out here in the jungle. It was as if the wheels were coming off the old Sosie. She wasn't interested in being everybody's good sport anymore. The sweet deaf girl mascot. F*** that. (12.15)
Survival has a way of making old concerns seem…small. Now that Sosie is trying to survive, it doesn't make sense for her to be fakely positive about her disability. She has bigger things to worry about.
Quote #5
The bird scrabbled into view. Seeing the girls, it squawked and darted into the dense jungle growth. With a war cry, Sosie grabbed her spear, and she and Jennifer ran after it, full-bore, without second-guessing. (12.70)
Look at our little Jennifer and Sosie! A few days on the island, and they're practically hunting machines. Baller.
Quote #6
Adina stacked pieces of fish on her stick and twirled it over the fire to cook them, as she'd learned to do. "Taylor, I think we're kind of beyond Miss Teen Dream now. I mean, look at us—look what we've built here in the past however long we've been here." (13.200)
After doing what it takes to survive—building actual structures and catching their own meals, the girls don't need to win a beauty pageant to make them feel good about themselves. Which is basically the whole point of the book.