"This was what she'd become: a woman alone at the movies with everything in a Baggie." (pg. 363)
What is the significance of Zoe's many eccentricities-for instance, her keeping all her pocketbook items in Baggies, and her unusual way of interacting with her students? Does her eccentricity make her more of less sympathetic of a character.
Zoe's eccentricities are details to show how she does not fit into society. In a way, she has chosen to be herself, but this also means she is lonely. This all results in her almost pushing Earl off the balcony. At this point, she stops attempting to make friends with him. I don't know if I would say I feel sympathy for her, but I definitely feel pity for her. She's just different, and she doesn't have anywhere that she fits in. She's kind of in a mid-life crisis. She's in a job that she hates, she's single, but her sister is getting married. Nobody pictures his or her life to be this way.
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