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THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS: FREE ONLINE BOOK ANALYSIS
KEY FACTS
Title: The Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants
Author: Ann Brashares
Date Published: 2001
Meaning of the Title: It refers to the friendship of four girls
that is more deeply forged by a pair of jeans that seem to fit them all
in a magical way.
Genre: Young Adult: Inspirational; Coming-of-age.
Setting: Suburban Washington, D.C., specifically Georgetown and
Bethesda (including such places as Wallman’s Pharmacy and the 7-Eleven);
Baja, California; Oia, Greece; and Charleston, South Carolina
Protagonists: Tibby, Carmen, Lena, and Bridget
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Antagonist: The inner issues that each girl must face the first
time they are separated from each other for any length of time
Mood: At times, the mood is very sad as each of the four girls
comes to term with bad choices they have made; at other times, it is amusing
and sarcastic; finally, it is triumphant when all four face their demons
and grow as a result.
Point of View: First person when Carmen introduces the story
and concludes it; third person omniscent in all the other chapters
Tense: This story is written in the past tense since Carmen tells
it in flashback in the prologue and epilogue. However, the events in the
other chapters are also in the past tense.
Rising Action: It begins right after the Prologue and continues
through the events of the summer for all four girls until each faces her
problems and comes home once more to her friends.
Exposition: Tibby, Carmen, Lena, and Bridget are four girls who
have been friends since they were babies. The summer after their sophomore
year, they all choose to spend the time away for the first summer ever
apart. Each is afraid in some way of the new world they’re about to enter,
so the discovery that a special pair of blue jeans fits them all in an
amazing way. The magic of the jeans prompts them to form a sisterhood
that will unite them forever. Then, in the process of spending a summer
apart, each meets people and has experiences that change them forever.
Climax: Tibby comes to turns with her friend, Bailey’s death;
Carmen goes to her father’s wedding even though she been determined not
to; Lena works up the courage to tell Kostos she really likes him; and
Bridget goes home with Lena as her support.
Outcome: The girls meet again at Gilda’s to renew their friendship
and write their experiences on the Traveling Pants. They outline to each
other all they have learned over the summer and face their next year at
school with the knowledge that they have each other no matter what.
Major Theme: Friendship, Loyalty, and Love for Each Other
Minor Themes: Consequences of the Choices We Make; Life’s Simple
Pleasures
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