Hazel's Messy Hair Bun

Hazel wears her hair in a messy bun. The bun symbolizes being perfectly imperfect. She is not perfect, but the people who get her appreciate her ability to enrich lives, and she is perfect in this aspect.

Meals

Hazel, Josh, Emily, Dave, Aileen and Josh's mother all share meals together. The meals symbolize their communion with each other because the meals go well and are happy events.

Characters not enjoying their meals, which happens during the double dates and when Hazel reconnects with Tyler, symbolizes the characters' inability to commune with each other or their unhappiness with their current situation.

Teaching Third Grade

Hazel is a third-grade teacher. She thinks that this is the perfect grade for her. The grade she teaches symbolizes that she is at a decisive point in her life because third grade is a decisive point in the development...