It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Week 6: Chapters 24–27 — What Lily Knows
Read Chapters 24–27 of It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
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As a second incident occurs and Lily discovers she is pregnant, the story reaches its most urgent and agonizing crossroads.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.A second incident of violence happens in these chapters under circumstances that are particularly disturbing. How does this incident differ from the first in terms of what it demands of Lily — and of the reader?
2.Lily's pregnancy changes the stakes of every decision she faces. How does Hoover use that development without simplifying Lily's situation into a straightforward 'escape for the baby' narrative? What ambivalences does Lily still hold?
3.Atlas plays an active role in helping Lily in the wake of the second incident. How does that help function in the story? Is it romantic, or does Hoover take care to make it something more complicated — more about Lily's safety than about a love triangle?