Why We Broke UP Essay

Submitted By heatherlucass
Words: 1049
Pages: 5
Open Document
Lucas 1

Band Aides Don’t Fix Bullet Holes Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler 368 In the novel Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler the story follows Min Green as she flashes back to the relationship she had with her now ex­boyfriend Ed Slaterton and all of the reasons as to why they broke up. Min kept a box with various items that pertained to their relationship. And now that she has had some time since they broke she is ready to give him the box by leaving it on his front door step. As the novel begins it has Min in the front seat of her best friends car writing a letter to Ed describing all of the reasons leading up to them parting. Since Min and Ed come from such different worlds and have very different lives she describes all the reasons that she and Ed should never have been together from the beginning. Min (short for Minerva), is the ultimate old film geek and could care less about things such as school sports and dances. Which then leads us to Ed who is co­captain of the schools basketball team and is all about school events and is the school hottie. They are from two separate planets. So how do they meet? Well Mins best friend Al is having a birthday party and the high school superstar (Ed) just so happens to stop by and run into Min. Throughout the novel Min relates everything that happens to her and Ed to many scenes from her old favorite movies. Mostly ones that feature Lottie Carson her favorite actress. Al does not approve of Ed and

Lucas 2

whenever Min asks for advice or anything he simply responds with “I have no opinion,”
(Handler

p.78). Out of nowhere you get thrown into this world of romance and young love that leaves you rooting for Ed, but at the same time you want him to die. From the very beginning of the book you see the problems that they will have. When
Ed

asks Min on their first date he shows up late and Min is always on time for everything. The first date took place at her favorite movie theater and they watch an old film starring Lottie Carson and as the film ends you can tell Ed did not enjoy himself all that much, but then Min thinks she spots Lottie exiting the theater so they follow her and hide in a shop across the way from her house. The lady of the shop gets mad and tells them to either buy something of get out. So
Ed

buys min a camera and tells her to just “Take as many as [she] can,” (Handler page 63). Ed has no interest in anything that Min does, but expects her to go to all of his basketball practices and games. Which of course she does because she is madly in love with him. There is so much symbolism in this book, but one thing really jumps at you. The box.
In

terms of their relationship the box is them and everything on the inside is why they are together, but at the same time its all why they broke up. The first thing you have in the box is the camera Lucas 3

ed bought Min on their first date. And he wants her to take as many pictures as possible so they can basically document their relationship or first date. Then you read a little bit more into the book and you begin to hate Ed, but then there comes this time that you feel really bad for him. The story of the toy truck. This is the first time we really see Ed open up about something in his childhood and its really moving. Whenever he goes to the park he looks through the sand box and finds a toy truck and he holds onto it in hopes of being able to return it one day to the little kid that
Show More

Related Documents: Why We Broke UP Essay

Essay About Creon Breaking Natural Law

was the most committed was the one from the one from the Encyclopedia Britannica “in philosophy, a system of right or justice held to be common to all humans and derived from nature rather than from the rules of society or positive law”.Right now, we have decide whether Creon is guilty, or innocent of breaking natural law. I think that Creon is guilty of breaking natural law for two reasons. To begin with, Creon was being sexist when he said “you give in to a woman” to Haemon when Creon wasn’t having…

Words 530 - Pages 3

7.4 Immigration Laws Essay

many people don’t know is that once they get a green card they can also apply for their family to get one so now 11 million quickly turns into 30 million. One of the main reasons why there is a path to citizenship is that it is essential is that we know who the people living here that could potentially do us harm. Why should we encourage illegal immigration by making it easier for them then it is for the people that go about it the right way? The plan will justify people who break the law. There are…

Words 428 - Pages 2

Breaking Social Norms: An Analysis Of Cultural Differences

Culture is the gestures, language, values, behaviors and material objects that make up people's way of life. Culture is a learned behavior, a gesture can be five fingers (palm) facing another person that can mean that an individual has a question, saying stop, waving hello/ bye or in other countries it can have a totally different meaning. We assume gestures mean the same to everyone, but in reality, it be misunderstood by others. Norms are rules and expectations of a society that guides people's…

Words 629 - Pages 3

Similarities Between Superman And Me By Sherman Alexie

Superman. For example, “ Superman is breaking down the door… I am breaking down the door…”(Alexie pg. 103-102). This quote showed that both Alexie and Superman were breaking down doors. Throughout this extended metaphor Alexie explains why he wanted to be like Superman and why he was similar to him in different ways. When Alexie was in Kindergarten he was always ahead of the other Indians because he would read many books before he was in school. He was considered a prodigy for being so smart at…

Words 332 - Pages 2

Firemen: Active Fire Protection and Basic Things Essay

any place. Jim and Greg explained the basic things on how to prepare for a fire but didn’t stop there. They continued on to describe different incidents when fire broke out and how we learned to be more prepared in the event that one should happen. Over the course of this paper we’ll take a look at some incidents of the past and how we learned from our mistakes then finally we’ll talk about fire safety. In December of 1903 there was an Iroquois Theatre Fire. This fire occurred in Chicago, Illinois…

Words 723 - Pages 3

Interpresonal Relationship. Essay

someone who started as a friend of mine. I feel that we built this relationship because we both felt comfortable with each other and we were compatible at the beginning of the relationship. We went through development which is the first stage in an interpersonal relationship (123). We developed our relationship by meeting each other’s family and discovering something new about one another day by day. We lived in the same area which is why I feel we built a stronger relationship. The fact that he attended…

Words 908 - Pages 4

Book Report On The Banana Blaster

July 4, 2003 in the morning. Me and my gang ( Chistian Gist: The Gunman, Malachi Hall: The KFC guy that always gives us the hook up, and DoodleBob: The fourth gang member), we was at at our heist spot, the spot was in West Virginia at SJMS track. The reason why we was there was to make a plan about getting back at this gang named The Banana Blasters. The reason why is that they took out our security, and stole our money was that their bank account has erupted from buying such things like "Booze"…

Words 614 - Pages 3

Personal Narrative: When A Car Broke Down

When the Car Broke Down Did you ever have a time when the car broke down on your birthday going somewhere? Well I did it was horrible and fun.When we were sleeping we woke up brushed our teeth did our hair got breakfast and woke my mom up with my dad because they were still sleeping.I took care of my dogs while they having breakfast and watching TV. I went back into the house reminded myself that it was my birthday and told my parents and brothers and sisters.Since my dad didn't have anything…

Words 629 - Pages 3

Essay about Mine!: Profanity and Mathers Shit Head

Gold all on my chain, Gold all in my watch, don't believe me just watch.... Now this shit's about to kick off, this party looks wack Let's take it back to straight hip-hop and start it from scratch I'm 'bout to bloody this track up, everybody get back That's why my pen needs a pad cause my rhymes on the ra-aag Just like I did with addiction I'm 'bout to kick it Like a magician, critics I turn to crickets Got 'em still on the fence whether to pick it But quick to get impaled when I tell 'em…

Words 611 - Pages 3

Stonewall Riots Research Paper

drag kings, you name it; we were all having a great time. My partner and I were having fun with a few of our friends. Sitting at the long bar table, my friends,…

Words 493 - Pages 2