Sneak attacks

2.Four directions

3. I really liked the sneaky and tricky tactics to attack her daughter. I don’t understand why she’d want to do so because it’s very apparent that the attacks are hurting her daughter badly. I couldn’t believe how powerful Lindo was; she completely changed Waverly’s mind about her first husband by just criticizing him was remarkable. When Waverly described Rich, I felt that her mother could not possibly make this guy sound bad. All the things she said about him were so unbelievably cute and I could not bear the thought of having such a good relationship ruined by simple criticism from Waverly’s mom. All the things that Rich did wrong at the dinner table made me cringe. I couldn’t believe how many times a person could mess up and not even realize it. Although, in his defense, Lindo was very reserve physiology about everything and I probably would have made the same mistakes too. Despite all the ups and downs of this chapter, I really liked how it ended happily. It was kind of a relief from all the other chapters with miserable endings.

4. Waverly and Rich had a relationship based on unconditional love. All the little things that Rich did for Waverly were just so extremely cute. Not only did he do little mushy things that couples do on Valentine’s Day, he understood her and saw things that no one else noticed about her. Even though they were a cheesy and cute couple, I couldn’t imagine them ever having sex. The way that Waverly described Rich made him seem so innocent that it’d be impossible for her to have sex with him. I wish I was able to see more of Waverly’s feelings towards Rich, but unfortunately, she mostly talked about the feelings he had towards her.

5. I saw the use of flashbacks a lot in this chapter and it really brought the chapter to life. Because of the flashbacks, I can understand why Waverly’s feeling the things she is. The flashbacks also give the story interest. If the chapter went in chronological order, then it wouldn’t be as entertaining and the reader would have to refer back to the past few pages to understand why the character was feeling a certain way later in the chapter.

6. There are two main conflicts in this chapter. One in human vs. human and is between Waverly, and her mother Lindo. They fight about a lot of things, from petty little things, such as Waverly saying something that Lindo views as disrespect, or larger things, such as Waverly’s refusal to play chess. There are also internal conflicts; Waverly feels a lot of fear towards her mother and is also conscience of the things she says. She lives her life in fear that her mother will ruin something she finds comforting or joyful; this is why Waverly spent so long trying to tell her mother that she was going to get married to Rich.