41 pages • 1 hour read
Emil FerrisA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
The tape ends. Sam is asleep on the floor, and Karen creeps off into Anka and Sam’s bedroom to see what she can find. She finds a ripped-up picture of a little girl who looks like the woman Sam was yelling at when Karen arrived home earlier. Karen sets off for home, having stolen the tape, and pondering everything she learned about Anka. She wonders if it was all true, or if any of what Anka said “came from inside her head” (225). She wonders if any of the people Anka spoke about have a grudge against her, or if they are even still alive. Karen thinks about the locked door in the basement of her apartment building. When she gets home, she asks Deeze if he loved Anka. He answers yes, and explains, “If there is a God then loving people when they don’t deserve it is his whole gig. That’s what Anka showed me” (232).
The bullying Karen faces at school is getting worse. One morning, a group of boys push her down, begin spitting on her, and teasing her for having a sick mother. Karen hears Anka whisper “Nazi, Nazi, Nazi” (241) into her ear, stating that Nazis are people who refuse to see their own acts of cruelty.
Appearance Versus Reality
View Collection
Art
View Collection
Beauty
View Collection
Books About Art
View Collection
Brothers & Sisters
View Collection
Childhood & Youth
View Collection
Class
View Collection
Class
View Collection
Coming-of-Age Journeys
View Collection
Community
View Collection
Daughters & Sons
View Collection
Family
View Collection
Fathers
View Collection
Fear
View Collection
Friendship
View Collection
Graphic Novels & Books
View Collection
Grief
View Collection
Historical Fiction
View Collection
Horror, Thrillers, & Suspense
View Collection
LGBTQ Literature
View Collection
Mortality & Death
View Collection
Mothers
View Collection
Mystery & Crime
View Collection
Popular Study Guides
View Collection
Pride Month Reads
View Collection
Pride & Shame
View Collection
Safety & Danger
View Collection