Summary Of Eleanor Passed Away

The novel takes place in Omaha, Nebraska. In the beginning, Park and Eleanor are forced to sit next to each other for the first time of many bus rides to school. They could never have appeared so different. Park Sheridan is a half-Korean high school kid who wore almost nothing but the color black. He comes from an almost perfect family. His mother is a beautician and his father isn’t described to have a job, but he is a great supporter in Park’s life. On the other hand, Eleanor Douglas is described to be fat and always wore disheveled, mixed-matched clothes, which perfectly accentuates her bright red, messy hair. She lives in a tiny house in poverty, sharing a room with her four younger siblings. She had just returned after a year of living with family friends. Richie, her rude …show more content…
The kids at school call her names like “Big Red” and she’d find threats and messages in her textbooks, which seems to bother Park more than anybody. In the middle of the novel, Eleanor finds refuge at Park’s house. His parents initially were a little confused by her unconventional appearance, but soon accepted her with love and care. His parents refer to Eleanor as Park’s girlfriend, which was true at this point in the novel. Their first, and only, night out was great and they had a wonderful time, until Eleanor comes to the conclusion that Richie might be looking for her and Park. This is bad news, as nobody in her family, besides her siblings, really knew that she was sneaking off to be at Park’s house. Not only did Richie go out to look, and possibly punish her, but Eleanor finds out that it was Richie who had been writing the awful notes to her in her textbooks. She decides that she must runaway, since it would never be safe to return to her house again. As the novel comes to an end, Park drives Eleanor from Omaha, Nebraska all the way to her uncle’s house in Minnesota. After a painstaking drive, they finally arrive at the house and say their