"All this effort, all this planning, just to upset my dearest friend." Page 60
This episode reveals much about Kathy as a character. Her motivation for her actions is simply to humiliate and put down her best friend. This reveals that from a very early age, Kathy loathed Ruth. However it also shows that she is a decent and moral girl, because of the guilt she felt about the whole incident. This indirect characterization gives us insight into the kind of person Kathy is. Additionally, this could be seen as a sort of foreshadowing for the future conflicts with Ruth and Kathy. And again, it could foreshadow their ultimate relationship. They made up and became friends again, just as after this problem.
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