Analysis Of Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me

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In one chapter of Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, she talks about her friendships through her high school years. Kaling’s high school friends were split into two different groups; one friend, Mavis, whom was someone she only hung out with on the weekends and during the week, Kaling spent her time with three girlfriends. The weekday friend group was not popular; they did not care about boys or doing anything crazy. Most of their time spent together was gossiping and looking forward to their weekly Cheesecake Factory date. On the weekends, Kaling spent her time watching comedy shows with Mavis. They could talk nonstop about different comedies. Kaling noted that her and Mavis had a weird code; they knew they were friends on

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