Image Blog 6

 Emily and Chris have lived next to each other their entire lives.
For most of their childhood they were just friends and sometimes didn't even get along. As the two grew older they fell madly in love and would do anything to make the other one happy. This image is significant because it shows a young couple holding hands much like Emily and Chris would have. This image is also significant because for me it represents their passionate love and willingness to do anything for one another and thats where the conflict from the entire story comes from.






The book starts off at a crime scene. Emily is dead and Chris is knocked out. He is taken to the hospital to be examined and questioned. This picture is important because it right off the bat starts the tone of the book. We instantly know because the novel starts off at a crime scene that something terrible has happened and for the rest of the book we spend time figuring out what it was.

 Chris spends most of his time in jail. Even though the book bounces back and fourth throughout the past and present Chris is in jail in the present. This is his location and shows us that they believe him to be a suspect in Emily's case. This also creates one of the main conflicts in the book. Chris and Emily's parents have always been best friends but because of this incident their families are breaking up. Chris's mom defends Chris and believes that Chris didn't do anything wrong and has no reason to be locked up while on the other hand Emily's mom goes insane and basically blames Chris for everything and thinks he did it. The two women were best friends an this incident is tearing them apart. Chris being
in jail is an extremely important factor in the conflict of this novel.

This is a picture of 2 houses side by side. Emily and Chris were neighbors for their entire life and without this connection the love interest most likely would of never sparked an they most likely wouldn't of gone through anything that they have been going through. The setting is a key factor in enhancing the conflicts in this book.