Eleanor and Park

by

Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor and Park: Chapter 41 Summary & Analysis

Summary
Analysis
On Friday night, Park goes to bed early. He has been fielding questions about Eleanor’s whereabouts from his parents all night and is exhausted. Lying in bed, Park can’t stop picturing Eleanor in her skin-tight gym suit. He closes his eyes and pictures the curves of her body, afraid of how he’ll ever be able to look Eleanor in the face again now that he knows what her body looks like under her baggy men’s clothes.
Eleanor was concerned that Park would cringe at the sight of her body—but the more Park sees of Eleanor and understands about her, the more he loves and desires her.
Themes
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