The Office

The television show The Office is an important symbol of something that brings Maya and Jamie together. This is a television show that is about a paper company in a small town in Pennsylvania, and centers around two average Americans who fall in love as the show progresses - Jim and Pam. Jamie and Maya realize they both love the show and soon start to watch it together, over the phone and then in person. The show gives them both ideas about their own lives, and comparisons to what they are going through. The symbol also gives Albertalli and Saeed the opportunity to mimic Jamie and Maya falling in love much in the same way as Jim and Pam. And instead of emphasizing the differences between Jamie and Maya - between their skin color and religions - this comparison to the show, demonstrates that in...