Characters In Until Friday Night

Everyone has a little something that makes them unique and different, however some people’s differences are bigger than others. Literature tends to use characters that are obviously odd to help create a message. Abbi Glines uses this technique in the novel Until Friday Night. In this novel, a main character, Maggie Carleton, watches her father murder her mother. After telling the police what happened, she choses to never speak again. When she moves to Lawton, Alabama to live with her aunt and uncle she continues to remain silent. Most people have never had such a traumatic thing happen to them and could not understand her pain or why she chose not to speak. However in Lawton, Alabama, West Ashby, the town’s football star, is currently struggling with his …show more content…
He does not feel comfortable telling anyone about his father’s sickness as he does not like when people feel bad for him. Although Maggie does not speak, which makes her different, her presence helps to get West through his pain and cope with his father dying.
Maggie is the only one who can keep West hopeful and alive while he goes through such a stressful and exhausting time. Before West met Maggie, he is coping with his dad’s illness by drinking heavily and getting involved in meaningless relationships. He is acting cruel and tough in order to hide his sadness. West knows he needs to talk to someone, so he goes to the one girl he knows will not tell anyone. This difference in Maggie is what allows West to talk to her, as he knows she will not say anything to anyone. As his father’s cancer worsens, he continues to update Maggie