Eleanor
- Eleanor can't bring herself to open Park's many letters or packages, some of which seem to contain cassette tapes.
- She keeps starting letters to him and can't finish them, and instead throws all of her attempts away.
Park
- Park keeps walking to Eleanor's house; sometimes Richie's truck is there, sometimes not. Sometimes, Park "stood at the end of the sidewalk and hated everything the house stood for" (55.77).
- Steve and Tina elope. Park keeps writing to Eleanor, and then he writes but doesn't send the letters.