Eleanor’s House
The house Eleanor lives in, is a two-bedroom house. The kids share one bedroom, where the boys sleep on the floor and the girls take up the bunk bed. There is only one bathroom, whose door Ritchie has taken apart. The kids have no toothbrushes or soap or proper clothes. The kids live in cramped quarters and are always anxious. They have learned to sleep while Ritchie screams and often wet their beds. Eleanor’s house evokes an image of need and things people with privilege take granted for.
Eleanor’s gymsuit
Eleanor doesn’t like her gymsuit as she feels that it accentuates her curvy features and may bring more names to her than usual. Eleanor is body-shamed as she is bigger than other girls in her school. Park, however, on seeing her for the first time in that gymsuit begins to have sexual feelings as an adolescent. He can’t think of Eleanor without thinking of her body after that point. To him, she is sexy and beautiful.
Eleanor’s sense of style
Eleanor dresses mostly in castoffs and clothes that her mother could get from Goodwill. Most of these clothes are torn, which she patches with colourful bits. She also like to accessorize with bracelets of colorful beads, ties, and random pieces of clothes. To one, she would look like someone who would want to avoid attention due to her dressing, but her apparel always calls for attention. This shows that even though Eleanor may not have means, she is not embarrassed of herself.
Park’s sense of style
Park is thought of as a soft boy by his father because of his feminine features and feels as an outsider due to his Asian looks. He usually wears black clothes to accentuate the fact and decides to use an eyeliner as a rebellious act.
