Finding Your Other Half

Half way through the story, Liza relates a story by Plato. Plato wrote that everyone used to be attached to another person called their other half, which could have been the same sex or the opposite sex. One day, the human race upset the Gods and so the Gods split each person apart. Since then it is said that the role of each human is to find his or her other half. Liza is very taken by this story, not only believing that Annie is her other half, but that it proves that it is ok to be gay.

It also suggests that Liza is one of the few people strong enough to go and find who is truly made for her. In this respect, the author represents other characters such as her mother and Ms. Baxter as much weaker. Liza's mother tells a story...