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Character Role Analysis

Gigi and Dr. DeAngelis

These two characters come from totally opposite directions when it comes to Miracle. If Dr. DeAngelis is the voice of reason and reality who brings Miracle back to the real world, Gigi is the voice of fantasy and delusion who wants to suppress and control her. Miracle sums up the characters' foil relationship pretty well near the end of the book when she tells Gigi:

"[Dr. DeAngelis and his staff are] giving me something I've never had before. When I'm with them, I'm somebody. When I'm with you, I'm nobody!" (29.31)

While Gigi sucks the life out of Miracle with her lies and fakery, Dr. DeAngelis wants to give our main girl true power by helping her recognize who she really is outside of her family.