"Really, I was just kidding!" Zoe shouted. -page 370
Zoe is clearly very insecure about herself. She always concentrates on her appearance and focuses on what people say about her. She is also extremely cynical. All of the things she focuses on are the negatives of every situation or story. I see her as the typical grade school bully. The big kid who is insecure about themselves so picks on other people to take attention off of their flaws. Only Zoe isn't really a bully just very rude and sarcastic. She hardly ever gives a straight answer to anything. Zoe uses her jokes to cover up what her true feelings are. She truly does care what people think about her and wants people to like her. However, she wants to act like she does not care at all. She needs to "take off her mask" (Retreat reference). When she finally does stop being so ironic/sarcastic, she about kills Earl and says she was kidding. Someone in my small group suggested that she was going through a mid-life crisis. I think it is much worse than that.
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