Lucy And Owen In The Geography Of You And Me

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Lucy and Owen have just met. They have both been trapped in a somber, humid elevator ever since the power went out all along the Eastern coast of the United States. Both live inside of the same apartment building on seventy-second street, located in Manhattan. I have some predictions on what will occur in the upcoming chapters of the book, “The Geography of You and Me”. Lucy and Owen have a complicated family life and feel like they each struggle to fit in. Owen has just moved to Manhattan and Lucy has never had very many friends. The pair have a lot of factors in common with eachother. When Lucy took Owen to her apartment to lend him a flashlight, she was having trouble unlocking her door. Owen assumed that Lucy was not able to see in the dark very well. Before I read the next line, I had my own inference of what her problem was. She was nervous about welcoming a guy (that was not one of her brother’s friends) into her apartment. The next line confirmed my inference. I feel that both Lucy and Owen feel some sort of connection with eachother. Maybe a new friendship will unravel? Or is it …show more content…
Lucy and Owen might possibly travel around the world with eachother in hope to learn more about one another. Maybe distance will be put between that separates them. Maybe obstacles will be put between them and they will be forced to find a way around them. Or maybe it has to do with travel, distance, and obstacles. Will one of them move away? My best conjection is that either Lucy or Owen will move away causing heartbreak, withdraw, or loneliness. Most stories end with happy endings, like how the princess finds her true love or the superhero saves his damsul in distress. With this book however, I feel like there will not be a happy ending for Lucy and Owen. I think that something will happen to them that changes both of their lives

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