Yes, the title is copy-pasted.
Janelle changed a lot over the course of the novel. At first she was focused on her weight and extremely self-conscious, as her first poem shows with, "Daily/I notice you frown/at my thick casing..." However, she realizes (slowly) that everyone sees her for who she is. With that, she makes light of the fact that she's effectively beating herself up over something no one cares about:"When no one is looking/I check to see/if anyone else seems/as scared as me..." Honestly, she went through a bunch of self esteem issues that would have taken years to fix in a few months. She's very dynamic.
To delve into how plot elements affect each other, allow me to present you with this diagram:
Setting-> Characters-> Conflicts-> Theme-> Plot
What does all this mean? Well, it means that the setting produces the characters (as the characters won't make sense in another setting). These characters produce the conflicts (which are specific to each character, and wouldn't make sense with any others). These conflicts, in turn, produce the theme (as the conflicts always end up making the theme), and the whole thing drives the plot. It's really simple.
I honestly thought this blog would be harder, but it was actually quite easy to write. And with that, we hopefully close the book on this book. Enjoy our hopeful new unit come Monday!
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