Chapters 31 and 32 Summary

In Chapter 31, Gilbert and Janice arrive home in time for dinner. When Ellen comes home from work, she and Janice go upstairs together. While Amy and Gilbert are sitting in the front yard discussing how much Arnie loved watching the school burn down, Ellen emerges wearing one of Janice's uniforms. Becky calls to tell Gilbert she is meeting her parents in Minneapolis in case he looks for her, which Gilbert says he wasn't planning on looking for her. Finally, Gilbert walks over to where the school used to be to see its charred remains.

In Chapter 32, while Becky has gone for three days, Gilbert has been sitting in on planning meetings with his sisters for Arnie's birthday. Gilbert mostly dreams about what his life looks like after Endora. Endora is having the first Fourth of July parade since 1959 because one of...