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section 4: All so ordinary

section 4 of the book “ordinary girls” covers some of the last chapters in Diaz’s story. a big topic discussed through the end is what happens after the end. The end of movie always has that happy ever after while the more realistic ones just have that end, but what happens in the thereafter? Diaz explores this. While the ending of the initial chapters don’t really have a happy ending Diaz explores what happens further onto her story by explaining in brief where she end up going for the next crucial period in her life, which is right back to where everything in the beginning books took place, Miami. We know the distressing fates of the people around her and get few glimpses of who they were, we know how low Diaz feels as a divorce, college and military dropout, and even exclaims that she is living with her parents again. A bunch of stuff happens towards the end but the point that really drives me was that even if there’s an ending to a story no matter good or bad a question that needs to be answered is what happens after? Diaz definitely answers this in terms of her own story which follows the colorful tone of the book that its carried since the beginning.

not so two-faced girls

“in the hallway between the bathroom and my bedroom, standing right in front of me in nothing but boxer shorts, it wasn’t benny. It was J.R, a kid I went to school with. A kid who’d tortured me since we were sixth graders at fisher. He tried to kiss me once” (Diaz, 119-120) in this section we see more double sided characters that still show themselves as more one-sided than anything. in the statement I’ve shown above we hear more about J.R, a character that already seems scummy at first but then does something that seems as innocent as kiss his crush during a fun event like something out of a Disney channel episode. Even if this was the case you could tell that the fallout of that kiss would be something that is deeply regrettable for Diaz given how she acted when J.R walked around her home so brazenly. what I’m trying to say is that some of the characters in the book who we believe we understand take left turns that seems out of character for them but we realize later on that that’s just on point with who they are for better or for worse. I think that’s something Diaz will keep in mind if she chooses to reconcile with anyone at the end of her story.