Feeling Sorry for Celia - character2

Elizabeth Clarry definitely changes throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, she’s really shy and self-conscious. She doesn’t really hang out with anyone except Celia, and when Celia runs away, she’s all alone. School clubs and societies are always writing to her, telling her she’s an embarrassment to teenagers and that she’s pathetic. In the book, Elizabeth tells the societies that their letters make her cry into her pillow each night before she falls asleep. But, reading all the letters she and Christina exchanged, Elizabeth seems like a really kind and comforting person. Every time Christina had a problem she didn’t know how to fix, Elizabeth would help her calm down and tell her some suggestions that might solve the problem. In the book, Elizabeth never criticized anyone.
At the end of the book, Elizabeth’s still polite and supportive, but she is more confident in herself. When the Society of Teenagers writes to her, criticizing her about how even though she did awesome in her marathon, threw a party that was a big hit, and might have a boyfriend, she still isn’t a good teenager and should go hide and lock herself in a refrigerator, Elizabeth finally writes them back. Elizabeth tells them that she no longer cares what they think about her. She tells the society that she wants them to remove her name from their mailing list and stop judging her, and if they write to her again, she won’t even open the envelope. Elizabeth will just rip it into little tiny pieces and flush it down the toilet. Also, in around the middle of the book, Elizabeth starts getting anonymous notes from a stranger who rides her bus. She tells Christina about it, and Christina writes her back saying she knows who the stranger is and that he goes to her school. A little while later, Elizabeth throws a party and invites her anonymous note writer. He comes, but they don’t talk to each other the whole night, are both too shy. But close to the end, the guy (he doesn’t have a name) finally calls her, and Elizabeth actually agrees to go out with him. I think writing to Christina ( who was a complete stranger at first) really helped Elizabeth get more confidence, because she had to tell a stranger all about her, and to some people (probably Elizabeth) that can be scary.