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Summary
Part 1, Chapters 1-3
Part 1, Chapters 4-5
Part 1, Chapters 6-10
Part 1, Chapters 11-15
Part 2, Chapters 16-22
Part 3, Chapters 23-27
Part 3, Chapters 28-33
Part 3, Chapters 34-40
Part 3, Chapters 41-49
Part 3, Chapters 50-57
Part 4, Chapters 58-63
Part 4, Chapters 64-67
Part 4, Chapters 68-74
Part 4, Chapters 75-79
Part 5, Chapters 80-84
Part 5, Chapters 85-87
Character Analysis
Themes
Symbols & Motifs
Important Quotes
Vocabulary
Essay Topics
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Chapter Summaries & Analyses
It is summer fifteen, and when Cady arrives at Beechwood Island, she wants to see Gat because she is in love with him. However, she sees him place dried beach roses in an envelope and mail them to someone else. She is very hurt. She goes to the beach and tears all the roses "off a single sad bush" (16).
Cady learns that Gat has a girlfriend in New York named Raquel. She tries to follow family tradition and "act normal,” saying that she “tilted [her] square chin high" (17). One evening, Gat talks to the other Liars about property. He says, "Maybe land shouldn't belong to people at all" (17). He is also reading very serious books of philosophy that separate him from the others. The others tell him to shut up, and his feelings are hurt. He runs to the water and swims out to a rock. Cady follows and joins him. She consoles him and tells him they all love him. The others join them in the water. They are friends again.
Gat wakes Cady up at night and they go outside and look up at the night sky. Gat admits that after his trip to India, where he saw so much poverty, it’s hard to believe in a God.