Summer Reading Assignment Entry Three-Eleanor and Park

     For me, the most interesting part of the book, which had me hooked, was actually the beginning in the prologue.   The prologue says, " He'd stopped trying to bring her back. She only came back when she felt like it, in dreams and lies and broken-down deja vu.  Like, he'd be driving to work, and he'd see a girl with red hair standing on the corner-and he'd swear, for half a choking moment, that it was her.  Then he'd see that the girl's hair was more blonde than red.  And that she was holding a cigarette...And wearing a Sex Pistols T-shirt.  Eleanor hated the Sex Pistols. Eleanor...Standing behind him until he turned his head.  Lying next to him just before he woke up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough.  Eleanor ruining everything.  Eleanor, gone.  He'd stopped trying to bring her back." This intrigued me when I first read it because I wondered what it was about. I figured it was Park talking due to the title 'Eleanor and Park' and Eleanor's name being mentioned in the prologue numerous times.  By the way Park talked, it sounded like he knew Eleanor super well and it sounded like he loved her. Figuring that he loved her, it made me want to know more.  How did they meet?  What's their story? Am I wrong, are they actually not in love?  I had so many questions that need to be answered after reading the prologue which made me want to read the book immediately. After finishing the book, it made me so excited to see the huge correlation between the prologue and the ending of the book.