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Lara Jean Song Covey: Summary

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Lara Jean Song Covey is a sixteen year old half Korean and half white girl. She has two sisters by the names of Katherine (who is referred to as Kitty for short, unless she’s in trouble), and Margot. Margot, in the beginning of the story, is dating the (literal) boy next door, Josh, who is one year older than Lara Jean, and one year younger than Margot. Margot and Josh broke up very early on in the book because Margot is going off to college In Scotland to study anthropology. Josh has always been close to the three (they refer to themselves as the “Song Girls,” which is derived from their deceased mother’s maiden name. The three of them have always thought they were more “Song Girls” as opposed to “Covey Girls,” which is what they really are …show more content…

This is pertinent information because the death of their mother impacts the girls and their lifestyles and choices. For example, Margot and Josh broke up because Margot’s mother told Margot not to go to college with a boyfriend. The girls are very independent. I believe that this independence has developed through the loss of their mother. When they lost their mother, they lost the advantage of their being another figure in the household all day to help with cleaning, and homework, and driving, and being responsible. When you lose someone who is very compelling for a lot of imperative things, somebody has to pick up the liability. Therefore, when their mother died, somebody had to do something. So, the four remaining members of the Covey family all had to become a little more responsible and independent. They no longer had a mother and a father to help them, they only had their father. The death of their mother impacts the girls so strongly, and everything about it hurts …show more content…

The loss of their mother was horrible enough for the girls, despite the fact that Margot is the one that picked up the most of the work. Losing Margot hurt the girls so badly. They no longer had someone to drive them anywhere or do the shopping or keep the house clean and organized. Margot contributed in a lot of ways to the order of the house and losing her put a lot of pressure mostly on Lara Jean. Margot leaving was a small part of the story. It isn’t spoken of or brought up all that often and there were only two big scenes throughout the story where Margot leaving was the main focus. However, her departure for Scotland impacted the family throughout the entire story, even if it wasn’t often spoken

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