The Panopticon
Even though Alabaster is a beautifully lush campus, it's no coincidence that Frankie compares it to the original panopticon, which was a design for a hypothetical prison:[E]veryone in the panoptico...
Matthew's Superman T-Shirt
Ah, young love. What's a better symbol of teenage romance than the girl wearing an article of her boyfriend's clothing? We've seen examples of it in countless movies (hello, Letterman jacket) and i...
Wealth
Money, money, money. It brings out the best and the worst in people. At Alabaster, it's simply a given that money and wealth are flaunted around, because many of the students come from highly afflu...
Boobs
For a girl who gets a lot of positive attention after she fills in, Frankie sure has a cynical take on boobs: Boobs are just inherently undignified. Those are what I've got that keeps me out of the...