Instructions for Dancing Book

The Instructions for Dancing book symbolizes how Evie must learn how to be in love. The book leads Evie to the dance studio and to meet X, preparing Evie to find her first love. Evie hesitates to take dance lessons and resists getting involved with X, but as Evie learns to dance, she is able to learn how to love.

Romance Book Clichés

Romance Book Clichés symbolize what Evie knows about love without having been in love herself. What Evie understands about love is informed by reading romance novels. When Evie meets X, she compares his grin and their banter to how characters meet in romance novels. Later, when Evie decides she wants to be with X regardless of impending heartbreak, Evie sees herself in a chase scene as in a romance novel.

Visions

Evie’s visions are symbolic of Evie...