Everything, Everything Character Analysis

MAIN CHARACTERS: The two main characters in the book Everything, Everything is Madeline Whittier and Olly (Oliver). Madeline Whittier is an eighteen-year-old girl who has a rare disease known as SCID. (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder) This practically means she 's allergic to the world and can’t go outside, can’t go to school, and has to stay in an extremely clean environment. Madeline has puffy, curly hair, and smooth brown skin. She is stubborn, brave and an adventurous young woman who wants to explore the world even if it means it can kill her. Olly is a tall, limber, and muscular young man who dresses in dark clothes and likes to invent objects on this roof. He is quiet, and in love with Madeline.

SETTING: This story takes place

THEME:

The author’s message in the story is love is everything. Madeline almost gave up her life just to see Olly. The lesson I think Nicola Yoon is trying to tell the readers is that don’t be afraid to try something new and go after what you pursue. Madeline had never fallen in love and never gone outside, but once she saw something she wanted, she went after it.

CRITIQUE: I enjoy the book Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. The story was idealistic and fictional. My favorite part of the book was when Madeline decided to go on a trip to Hawaii with Oliver. She knew she could get sick but she took the risk anyway, just to prove that she doesn 't have SCID. Another section of the book I liked was when Madeline jumped off the cliff with Olly. “ The slap of the water against your foot stings momentarily and then cold, salty water shoots straight up your nose. It 's dark beneath the surface because your eyes are closed, quiet except for the rush of water filling the temporary vacuum formed by your body, cold except for the warm pocket of air that the sea makes for you.(230) The author Nicola Yoon explains it as if you were actually cliff jumping with Madeline. The author provides an extreme amount of detail in the story that makes you feel like you’ve jumped into the book with Madeline and Olly. Nicola Yoon put just enough detail in the story to make it great. I did not enjoy how much of a romance story it was. I would have preferred it to have more about her sickness than her falling in love with Olivier. In addition to the author ended the story too quickly. She never explained if Madeline and her mother made up, nor what happened next to her and Olly. The vocabulary was just my reading level, it wasn 't hard and it wasn 't super easy. Overall Everything, Everything was a magnificent book and I would