Characters, Setting and Conflict

Noah and Jude, artistic teenage twins who live in California. This book, I’ll Give You The Sun is narrated by Noah and Jude. Two narratives are talked about the death of their mother and one of the twin’s acceptance into an excellent art school. Noah talks about how close his sister and him were and how they were always competitive and the game of domination (age 13.) Jude talks about her story at the age of 16. Her and her brother grew apart by their mother’s death and not having a motherless family.

There are many conflict throughout the story. But, in the story I would say the biggest conflict of all would be family issues. Yes, family relationships can be complicated. Since, Noah and Jude have a love/hate relationship with competition and compassion of being an artist. The biggest conflict is that both Noah and Jude have trouble connects with their parents. With these troubles, their parents had their own lives, personalities, their own conflicts that were happening with themselves. They also had regret in their lives.

“She’s having an affair. She’s cheating on Dad. She’s a two-timer. A toilet-licking asshat liar. Mom! How could this not have occurred to me? But it didn’t occur to me exactly because she’s Mom. My mother wouldn’t do anything like this. She brings donuts-the best donuts I ever tasted- for the toll collectors. She doesn’t have affairs.”