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In today's reading, I saw a little bit more of how Tony and his friends look up to Adrian. It seems that all of them want to be like Adrian because they admire him. He even mentions in the book, "The original three wrote less often and less enthusiastically to one another than we did to Adrian. We wanted his attention, his approval; we courted him, and told him our best stories first; we each thought we were-and deserved to be-closest to him" (21). I think that because they all admired Adrian, his approval of them would be meaningful, as it would confirm their character. Once again, I was exposed to Tony’s slightly low self-esteem. Once he meets Veronica’s family, he becomes very anxious, constantly sensing that her family is judging him in a negative manner, but whether or not these feelings are just in his mind is unclear. His belittling attitude towards himself can be seen when he states, “In Dixon’s mouth, the line had seemed witty and sophisticated; in mine, merely facetious” (26). One detail that I noticed in today’s reading was a small decision that Tony made, yet it seems to hold a greater symbolic meaning. When Veronica’s family asks Tony about his watch turned backwards, which was a symbol of his everlasting friendship with a few of his schoolmates, he moves his watch. “One of the first things she asked me was why I wore my watch on the inside of my wrist. I couldn’t justify it, so I turned the face round, and put time on the outside, as normal, grown-up people did” (27). I found the turning of his watch to be a symbol of his fading friendship with his three close friends. Also, I wondered if this small change could perhaps be foreshadowing of an event to come.