Walk Two Moons
In chapter 27, how does Phoebe explain the myth she told the class?
In chapter 27, how does Phoebe explain the myth she told the class?
In chapter 27, how does Phoebe explain the myth she told the class?
The next day at school, Phoebe gives her report on Pandora and her box of plagues and sorrows. When she begins the report, she seems shaky and self-conscious, but then she begins to rather pettily draw parallels between the myth of Pandora and her friends Sal and the Finneys. She talks about how Zeus arranged a dinner for all of the other deities of Olympus and describes how he had matching flatware and cutlery, while shooting a pointed glance at Ben and Mary Lou, as a criticism of what she views as their family's "undignified" way of having dinner together. When she talks about how Zeus presented Pandora with a gift, she emphasizes that the gift was meant to make Pandora feel like a welcomed and honored guest and shoots another pointed look at Sal, to refer to what she, Phoebe, perceived as an unceremonious hosting at the sleepover.