The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Carmen, Tibby, Bridget, and Lena have been friends all their lives, even before they were born their mother’s were friends and they were together through out their whole pregnancy. They were each born within nine days of each other, and ever since, they have been inseparable. All of this suddenly changes once they find out that they would not be spending their summer together for the very first time. Summer vacation has been when they would spend the most time together hanging out and doing what average teenage girls usually do, summer was when all of their birthdays would tie together. However, this summer was going to be different, this summer none of them would even be in the same state. Carmen was visiting her dad in South Carolina, Tibby was staying in Maryland and working at a local grocery store, Bridget was going to soccer camp in Baja, Mexico, and Lena was going to Greece to visit her grandparents. Whe

The main theme of the novel is friendship. Friendship played a huge role in the book because everything comes together because of this group of girls that have such an extraordinary friendship and love for one another. This is one of the most important quotes in the book: “You know what the secret is? It’s so simple. We love each other. We’re nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? My mother says it can’t stay like this, but I believe it will. The pants are like an omen. They stand for the promise we made to one another, that no matter what happens, we stick together.” I liked the language the author used in this quote to describe how special the girl’s friendship was toward each other because I think many people can relate to having such a strong friendship whether it’s with your dog or cat or brother you can relate to this quote in more ways than one.

A climax happens to each one of the four characters. Bridget (who always gets what she wants) ends up doing something regretful with one of the male camp counselors that she has had a crush on since the very first day she stepped in. The mood the author sets for the climax is sad or disappointing for Bridget, example: “Bridget had seen too many movies. She hadn’t imagined her encounter with Eric would be… personal. She thought it would be a jaunt. An adventure to brag to her friends about. She expected to feel powerful. In the end she didn’t. She felt like she’d scrubbed her heart with SOS pads.” the words “hadn’t”, “didn’t”, “thought” and, “expected” makes the reader feel as though Bridget was sad or regretful with the decision that she has made. Lena misunderstands when she catches a guy “spying” on her when she goes skinny-dipping in a lake. The guy’s name is Kostos and Lena’s grandmother introduced them. Once Lena catches him “spying” on her, she gets upset and goes home. When she gets home, her grandmother and grandfather (Bapi) got the wrong impression and think that Kostos raped her. Lena never said that Kostos raped her but she did not deny it either. The mood the author sets for the climax is anger, example: “She knew before Bapi reached the Dounas residence that he would be stopping there. He knocked violently on the door. Kostos’s grandfather opened the door. The man looked fully astounded at the expression on Bapi’s face. Bapi Kaligaris started yelling. Lena heard him bellow the name Kostos a few times, but otherwise she understood only anger.” This quote directly states that the mood in the scene is anger. The next climax in the book is when Carmen shows up at her dad’s house and finds out that he is engaged, but what really gets Carmen upset is the fact that her d

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