Everything I Never Told You - Chapters 7/8 Review

Why is James cruel to Nath when he returns home and finds Nath in the fridge?

• James is frustrated with Nath’s lack of ambition and feels that Nath is wasting his potential

• James is dealing with his own feelings of inadequacy and takes out his frustrations on Nath

• James sees the resemblance between Nath and Lydia and reacts cruelly out of pain

• James is overwhelmed by the pressure of his own failures and directs his anger at Nath

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What revelation does James have after his night with Louisa after fighting with Marilyn?

• James realizes that he still loves Marilyn and wants to fix their relationship

• James comes to the realization that he should have married a girl more like Louisa in the first place

• James comes to the painful realization that he will never be able to fully escape his own racial insecurities

• James understands that his actions have only compounded the distance between him and Marilyn

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Why does Hannah use her time at the lake to think about the different nicknames given to Lydia?

• Hannah is trying to understand Lydia better by reflecting on how others saw her through the nicknames.

• Hannah is remembering Lydia and trying to make sense of her life and death through the different names people called her.

• The nicknames make Hannah realize that Lydia was never fully understood by anyone, including the family.

• Hannah feels overlooked herself and sees the nicknames as a symbol of her lack of a place in the family

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What realization does Marilyn have about her marriage to James when he leaves the house after their argument?

• Marilyn realizes that James has never fully understood her ambitions, and their marriage was built on unspoken expectations.

• She understands that their relationship has always been strained by her inability to trust James with her true feelings

• She realizes that James has held onto her mother’s words from their wedding, which have shaped how he views their life together.

• She understands that her marriage to James has been shaped by their unspoken frustrations, and that their lack of open communication has led them to grow apart.

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Marilyn claims that “If she (Lydia) were a white girl, they’d keep looking” about the police’s decision to close the case. Why does James have such an extreme reaction to her comment?

• Marilyn’s comment reminds him that, as a Chinese-American, he’s often treated as less important, and he feels like she’s ignoring this reality.

• He feels that Marilyn views him and the children through the same lens as everyone else – as “White” and “Not White”

• He thinks Marilyn is focusing too much on race instead of their grief over Lydia’s death, and it makes him feel alone in his mourning.

• He’s hurt because he believes Marilyn’s comment suggests that Lydia’s death would only matter if she were white

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What motivated Lydia to tell her parents she was failing physics right at the moment Nath received his news about being accepted into Harvard?

• She wanted to feel back in control as she felt Nath slipping away from her as he prepares to leave for college.

• She believed that telling her parents about her failure would somehow make her feel less invisible in comparison to Nath.

• Lydia believed that telling her parents about her failure would balance Nath’s success and make them stop holding her to such high standards.

• In the moment of Nath's triumph, Lydia was overwhelmed by a need to speak the truth and confront her parents about her struggles

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What was James’s motivation for getting Lydia How to Win Friends and Influence People for Christmas?

• He wanted to help her become popular to make up for his own lack of ability to fit in throughout his life

• He wanted to give her something that would bridge the communication gap between them

• James believed the book would help Lydia understand how to manage her emotions better

• He wanted to give her something practical that could help her get into a good college

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What was Lydia’s initial motivation for befriending Jack?

• She wanted to make her father proud by showing him she could form meaningful relationships outside of her family.

• She felt isolated and thought Jack could be a way to fit in with the popular crowd at school.

• She could get back at Nath for wanting to leave and knew being friends with Jack would anger him

• She wanted to use Jack’s connection to help improve her social status and academic standing.

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What assumptions does Lydia make about Jack’s feelings about Nath?

• Lydia believes that Jack is indifferent to Nath and doesn't care much about him either way.

• Lydia assumes that Jack is resentful of Nath because Jack thinks he is overshadowed by Nath’s academic success.

• Lydia feels that Jack is disappointed in Nath, thinking he is a failure compared to his own achievements.

• Lydia thinks that Jack hates Nath as much as Nath hates him because of the differences in their personalities and success

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Jack asked Lydia “What’s that like” about Lydia’s experience as one of the only Chinese people in the town. Lydia responds that most people:

• Treat her the same as the rest of the teenagers of the town

• Accept her for who she is, even if she isn’t the most popular

• Decide who she is before they ever take the time to get to know her

• Think her background is cool and they envy that she stands out

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