Short Story: Eleanor Park

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Eleanor
Park
Parks mother (Mindy)
Tina
Richie

As soon as we meet Eleanor in the story we know she is an outcast. With her wacky men's clothing to bright red hair she isn’t the “normal new girl”. She has earned some pretty nasty names such as “big red” and raghead. Her homelife is pretty traumatic after being kicked out for a year and now trying to avoid her stepdad. She also isn’t necessarily the nice girl either.

Park just like Eleanor is also an outcast. He loves to read comics and listen to music. He’s given up on trying to blend in with the crowd. With his jet black hair and green eyes he definitely doesn’t look like anyone else in Omaha.

Parks mother aka Mindy is a straight up Korean beautician. She’s tiny and very

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