Today was the first video podcast of "Write to Reel," where McKensie and Amy discussed the book and series, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.
Here is the video podcast. An audio version is on our website under episodes. Our video is also on our YouTube channel, and shared on Facebook and Twitter.
Little Fires Everywhere Characterizations:
Mia Warren is a single mother and struggling artist who finds herself at the center of a strange and tight-knit community, the manicured and utopic
Pearl Warren. Mia’s daughter, who leans towards Elena more than her own mother.
Mrs. Richardson / Elena is a journalist, mother, and Shaker Heights native, where everything has to be perfect, including her children.
Mr. Richardson / Bill is Elena's husband and the Richardson children’s father. He and his wife met in college, he was easily convinced to move to his wife’s hometown, Shaker Heights…
Izzy is the youngest and most rebellious of the Richardson children, Izzy is a freshman in high school and is desperate to find herself and be her trueself. She is drawn to Mia.
Moody is a sophomore in high school, Moody is the first of the Richardson children to befriend Pearl. He develops romantic feelings for her, and is crushed when she likes Trip.
Trip is a junior in high school and an athlete and quickly becomes the object of Pearl’s affections.
Lexie is the eldest of the Richardson children and the most like her mother, Lexie is a smart and sensitive “girl’s girl” who dreams alternately of escaping to Yale. Her mother thinks of her as the perfect child, which she is far from, just better at hiding it.
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