Emailing

The switch back to email represents a regression in Simon and Bram's relationship. Email was the form of communication that they used in secret for the first five months of their relationship during their junior year of high school. In contrast, Leah and Abby use email as a new form of communication, in addition to calling and texting one another and being roommates. For the couples, email is also along the same lines of writing a love letter to one another.

Marriage proposal

For most, marriages symbolize a lifetime of commitment and love for one person. It is disconcerting for Leah when she learns about Simon's fake marriage proposal idea. She points out to Simon that he needs to think more deeply about what marriage means, and that it is not something that one can simply throw around and lie about (77-79). Simon, clearly bombarded by...