Images

1.       Blue Quilt:

The blue quilt was used a lot throughout the novel by Ruth Popper and Sonny. They definitely always had fun on this quilt. When they were on this quilt, they felt like nothing could get in the way.   It is significant because it was somewhere that they could go, feel comfortable, and connect with one another.

2.       Mexico:

Sonny and Duane took a quick trip to Mexico during the novel. They wanted to get out of Thalia, which rarely people from there did. They wanted to experience new things, but they ended up doing similar things they would have done in Thalia.  They had very little money, but wanted to go anyway and see how everything would turn out. It is significant because this showed the sense of adventure that the boys had. All of a sudden, they decided to hop into Sonny’s pickup truck and drive to Mexico and stay for a few days and drive back to Thalia.  They had no reason at all. They just wanted to do it because they could. They wanted to try and get away from some people and events that were going on in Thalia. This also shows how much a small town can affect people in positive and negative ways.

3.       Pickup Truck:

Sonny’s pickup truck is very significant throughout the story. Sonny drives this pickup truck to all of his adventures.  He also has adventures in it. The pickup truck was the location of the start of his relationship with Charlene which resulted in a lot more relationships after Charlene.  He also had to unequally share the truck with Duane. Duane used the truck a lot with Jacy and Sonny was never pleased about it because it was his truck and he had a thing for Jacy.

4.       Eye Patch:

Another significant image in the story is an eye patch. Sonny used an eye patch at the end of the story because his eye gets badly injured during a fight with Duane and there is a possibility that he could lose his vision in his eye. He ends up being in the hospital for a while and the doctors made him wear an eye patch on his eye. Sonny went back to the pool house and took the eye patch off for a minute and then he heard a commotion outside. Billy was lying dead in the street with two eye patches over his eyes.  This was significant because Sonny was supposed to watch over Billy and instead he unfortunately kills himself by walking in the middle of the street with two patches over his eyes and gets hit by a truck.

5.       Cow:

The Cow is significant in a very weird way. The boys in this novel including Sonny and Duane were always up for trouble and adventures. They thought it would be funny to play around with some cows in a not so nice and flattering way.  This event seemed to start the “sex” trend in the book.