Perception Versus Reality

Through Faith's perspective, the characterization of the people in her life and the plot work together to show that perception is not always reality. For example, Faith believes that Tommy broke dates with Kim because he “blew her off” (15). She thinks that he did not care about Kim. When Faith hears that her mother spoke to Tommy and that he wants to help, Faith says, “Ten years too late, isn’t it?” (32). She blames Tommy for Kim’s death. She says, “He broke the date with Kim. If he hadn’t, she never would have gone to the lake that night” (32). She is also ready to blame Tommy when she thinks that he is letting Rat Face escape. She finds out that she is wrong when he calls Mark to look for Rat Face’s car. Later she learns that Tommy did not “[blow...