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Why We Broke Up
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Why We Broke Up is a 2011 novel by Daniel Handler (better known as Lemony Snicket), with art by Maira Kalman. It is told from the viewpoint of teenager Min Green, addressed to her recent ex-boyfriend, Ed Slaterton, a few weeks after their breakup. As Min explains in the opening pages, the novel itself is a letter to Ed, accompanying a box of possessions that she is returning to him, detailing why they broke up.A The Film of the Book, starring Hailee Steinfield as Min, was reportedly planed to be released in 2014, but seems to have entered Development Hell. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Min after dumping Ed is, well, extremely down in the dumps. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: In-universe, the novel itself functions as this. It details all of Ed and Min's relationship, and why it came to an end. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: About every other chapter ends with some variation of "...and that's why we broke up." | |
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Psycho Ex-Girlfriend | |
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Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Jillian isn't really psycho, but she's clearly not over Ed quite yet. She takes it out on Min. Subverted, because when Min dumps Ed it's she who comforts her first. | |
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Annette, who takes the time to compliment Min when she's down and reassure her of how much Ed loves her while Ed is cheating on Min with her. | |
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Oblivious to Love | |
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Oblivious to Love: Ohhhh, Min. She goes to Al's house one night and finds that he has pork chops and asparagus ready to broil in case she hadn't eaten yet, and somehow Al still has to spell out his feelings for her. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Min's father isn't around and her narration heavily implies her parents are divorced; the only mentions her dad gets is that he gave her the name "Minerva" and that her mother disses him every Halloween. | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
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Foregone Conclusion: Assuming you read the title, you know that Ed and Min are going to break up at the end. | |
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Epistolary Novel | |
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Epistolary Novel: The story’s framing device is Min writing a letter to Ed explaining to him why she broke up with him. It’s not entirely clear how much of the novel is part of her letter and how much is Min reminiscing, but certain comments she makes during her narration (like when she mentions near the end that her pen is running out of ink) imply that the entire novel is the letter. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Min finds out that Ed is sleeping with Annette, promptly breaks up with him, and is shattered by the way things ended. However, she eventually decides to move on with her life by giving Ed a box of his possessions back, along with a letter telling him why they broke up, bringing the novel full circle, and it is implied that Ed and Annette don't work out, either. | |
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Their First Time | |
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Their First Time: Ed and Min end up getting a hotel room while Ed’s parents and sister are out of town. Although Min is nervous at first, since she was a virgin before Ed, and afterwards she briefly reflects on the fact that while she’s never done this before, Ed has. | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension: Min's other friends, Lauren and Jordan, think she and Al have this despite Min's attempts to assuage them. They're right, at least on Al's end. | |
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Mistaken for Gay | |
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Mistaken for Gay: A couple people think this about Al. Min and Ed argue about this at one point, as Ed is convinced that Al is either secretly gay or secretly in love with Min. Ed turns out to be right about the latter. | |
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Just Friends | |
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Just Friends: Min insists this is the case between her and Al, although Ed continually thinks there’s something more. It eventually turns out that Al actually does want something more. | |
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy | |
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Al for Min. | |
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The Reveal | |
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The Reveal: The reason Ed and Min broke up. Ed cheated on her with ex-girlfriend Annette. | |
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Opposites Attract | |
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Opposites Attract: Ed and Min. It's commented on by most of the other characters in the novel, who can't see why they're together. Eventually deconstructed; because Ed and Min are such different people, they have difficulty integrating into each other's friend groups and eventually wind up having compatibility issues that they can't reconcile. | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin: It's a book about why the main characters broke up. | |
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Jerk Jock | |
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Jerk Jock: Zigzagged in Ed. While he's certainly politically incorrect in some aspects and often fits the meathead-doof stereotype, he did seem to genuinely love Min at times, and she him. Until, of course, the reason for their breakup. | |
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Second-Person Narration | |
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Second-Person Narration: The novel is narrated by Min and addressed to Ed. | |
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Jewish and Nerdy | |
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Jewish and Nerdy: Min, though very secular, is both Jewish and a bookish movie buff. | |
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Must Have Caffeine | |
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Must Have Caffeine: Downplayed, but Min mentions feeling extremely woozy every day she doesn't get her Federico's pick-me-up. | |
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Irony | |
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Irony: The reader will likely notice that even if Ed gets the letter, he very likely lacks the wherewithal to read it—meaning that Min’s 300-page narration, while perhaps providing closure, was essentially a waste of time. | |
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Exact Words: How Ed justifies sleeping with Annette: when he talked with Min about exclusivity, he said that he didn't want to see other people, not that he wouldn't. | |
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