Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

         Themes are mostly main parts of books. There can be many themes in a book and themes are what describe what the main character(s) are struggling with. In the book, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, the themes I focused in on were growing up and love. But of course those weren't the only themes. They varied from family problems and not being able to make friends.

        Growing up is a theme in Fangirl because the main character, Cath, is moving on up to college and her life is changing fast. She's moving out of her house to stay at the dorms in college, and her sister Wren doesn't want to share a room anymore; after 18 years. And her boyfriend, (technically?) Abel breaks up with her once he meets someone new at his college. "We've shared a room for 18 years." Wren argued."And it's worked out great." Cath said. "This is college," Wren persisted."The whole point of college is meeting new people." "The whole point of having a twin sister," Cath said,"is not having to worry about this sort of thing. I don't need new people." "That just shows how much you need new people..." Wren squeezed Cath's hands. "Cath, think about it. If we do this together, people will treat us like we're the same person. It'll be four years before anyone can even tell us apart." Cath isn't very content with Wren's decision throughout most of the book.

       Love is definitely a theme in Fangirl. Love is a theme because Cath deals with a not so affective breakup, and she develops feelings for her room mate's (ex) boyfriend, Levi. Their relationship is a main focus throughout the entire book as well. "I like you here," he said, squeezing her. "With me." She smiled and her eyes started to drift downward.
"cather..." Backup to his eyes. "You know that I'm falling in love with you, right?" There was many more scenes where it was just Cath and Levi because they were the main couple. "I'm fine," he said. "I just told you last night that I was fine." "Well. Yeah. I know. But it's different on the phone." He sounded startled. "That's exactly what Katie said." "Who's Katie?" 'Katie is the reason I'm calling you Cath. She's, like, every reason I
m calling you." "Cath cocked her head. "What?" "Cath, I've met someone. And it's um, she made me realize that...well, that what you and I have isn't real." Abel wasn't mentioned much after this - This being Cath didn't really care about the breakup. She didn't have emotions towards it because she knew that Abel was right, and she later starting dating Levi.