How we cite our quotes: (Poem Title, Stanza)
Quote #1
What made me despise the girl in the mirror enough to transform her into a stranger, only not. (Introduction.3-4)
Looking in the mirror can be a traumatic experience for all teenagers, girls in particular. That said, creating a persona for yourself that leads you into dangerous territory is taking things a little bit too far.
Quote #2
Alone, there is only the person inside. I've grown to like her better than the stuck-up husk of me […] Alone, there is no perfect daughter, no gifted high-school junior, no Kristina Georgia Snow. There is only Bree. (Alone.3-4, 6)
Alone, there is only the person inside. I've grown to like her better than the stuck-up husk of me […] Alone, there is no perfect daughter, no gifted high-school junior, no Kristina Georgia Snow. There is only Bree. (Alone.3-4, 6)
Quote #3
I wonder when I first noticed her, slipping in and out of my pores, hide-and-seek spider in fieldstone, red-bellied phantom.
I summon Bree when dreams no longer satisfy, when gentle clouds of monotony smother thunder, when Kristina cries. (On Bree.2-3)
Apparently Bree was not a spur of the moment creation by Kristina, but someone lurking under the surface waiting for the right time to spring forward. Kristina was obviously unhappy before her ill-fated trip to see her dad. Without her parents around, the trip gives Bree the opportunity to become a reality.