SPOLIERS!! (sort of)
In "Graffiti Moon" by Cath Crowley, Ed and Lucy hate each other after a disastaurous date in 10th grade. Lucy never thought much of Ed but agreed to go on a date cause she thought he was cute enough. She had no idea she meant so much to him. He was shadow, a spray painter who hides behind his name and his work. Lucy fell in love with shadow, never knowing it was ed. She fell in love with his paintings and the way he expressed himself. Not happily, Lucy ends up on a journey to find shadow after Ed says he knows him. Something i really enjoyed about this book was the way different things symbolised the characters.
Lucy was represented by her mind. That was something that carried her off and made her an interesting character. For example, there was one seen in which Lucy is dancing and Ed is watching her. Ed explains it as Lucy seems to be dancing to her own melody. Lucy danced differently. She didn't go with the music everyone else her. It all seemed to be in her mind. Another example of this is when Lucy is examining a piece of shadows. Because Ed painted it, of course he knew what he was thinking and what it was. But Lucy thought about it differently. The book explains Lucy stared at the picture for a long time, seeming to really bath is its ideas. The thoughts she had about this painting were very different from Shadows/Ed's, but Ed believed them. He believed that was actually what Shadow was trying to say.
Ed is represented by his spray can. Its his identity, his emotions, his personality. Its everything he needs to hid behind. Anything he feels is expressed through his spray painting. It isn't just an art to him. One example of this is shown when after he starts to develop feelings for Lucy, he feels the need to paint her. During any crush, their all you can think about. So he can't completely enjoy that feeling. He need to paint her. So he does. He expresses all those emotions through his paint. He doesn't need to be smart or good or emotional. He needs to paint.
I love how you really explain the symbolism of each character so artistically and it's really clear what the characters are like. How are Ed and Lucy different and the same? Do you believe that the author symbolize the other characters too or because they are the main character, just them?
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