Enid and Rebecca are best friends lost in the world between childhood and adulthood. In the beginning, they are perceived to share the same interests of making judgemental assumptions about people and viewing them as inferiors.
Initially, Enid is desperately trying to hold onto the familiarity of her childhood which is shown in several instances in the story: her punk haircut, the search for her favorite childhood record, and her attachment to her toy, “Goofie Gus”. Similarly, Rebecca is also holding onto her childhood self by going along with Enid’s pranks and adventures.
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Despite their best efforts to avoid growing up, the discussion of Enid going to Strathmore looms over them as they realize that they cannot avoid the decisions they have to make regarding their future.…show more content… During the trip, they realize that their friendship is no longer the same as it used to be as Rebecca expresses, “It’s kind of sick to follow you like that… God it’s really pretty sad when you think about it...” Essentially, this illustrates that Rebecca seems to be tired of following Enid around on their adventures, and also seems to lack motivation to improve her life as she decides to not move with Enid to the Strathmore area to start afresh.
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On the way back from their trip, Enid discloses to Rebecca, “I feel like I want to become a totally different person… before I was going to college, my secret plan was to one day not tell anybody and just get on some bus to some random city and just move there and become this totally different person”.
After hearing this, Rebecca simply says, “I don’t get it”.
Fundamentally, this emphasizes Enid’s thirst for authenticity as feels that there is more to life beyond their hometown. On the other hand, Rebecca seems to lack that desire to seek a more fulfilling existence like Enid, she seems content to live in their hometown and settle into a normal