Five Feet Apart

by

Rachael Lippincott

Holiday Lights

The nearby park’s holiday light display, which is visible from Saint Grace’s hospital, represents the enticing experiences that Stella, Will, and Poe perceive as unattainable to them due to their cystic fibrosis

read analysis of Holiday Lights

Patches

Patches, a stuffed panda, symbolizes Stella’s attachment to her older sister Abby, as well as Stella’s fixation on and guilt over Abby’s death. Abby gave Patches to Stella when Stella was six years…

read analysis of Patches