How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Why all the commotion? Why the ambulance?"
"Only way I could get out of the house." (4.25-4.26)
Lux complains of a stomachache and is taken to the hospital for a burst appendix. It turns out she's worried that she's pregnant and wants to get to the hospital for a test. Her mother won't let her out of the house so she has to fake an emergency to get out of her house and get help. If an ambulance ride is the highlight of your week, things are pretty bad indeed.
Quote #11
Now the soft decay of the house began to show up more clearly. We noticed how tattered the curtains had become, then realized we weren't looking at curtains at all but at a film of dirt, with spy holes wiped clean. The best thing was to see them make one: the pink heel of a hand flattening against the glass, then rubbing back and forth to uncover the bright mosaic of an eye, looking out at us. (4.55)
This description, along with the one of Therese's sad conversation on the ham radio, is really a killer. The girls' isolation is complete; all they can do is peek out at the world and know they're not part of it anymore. It's a sad, hopeless scene.