Chapter 6

As I see it, this chapter shows an important development of Ursula’s Riggs second personality "Ugly Girl". I had the impression that Ugly Girl is starting to get weaker, ever since the basketball match. In chapter two, this change begins to start: "Ugly Girl is scared"(p.17, l.10) and not the warrior woman anymore. This continues in chapter 6, where she thinks "..., Ugly Girl, who should've been superior to a lynch mob had kind of grooved with it at first, like the others"(p.50, l. 10).
Somehow, Ugly Girl starts losing the predominant status in her body, giving space to the more empathetic and sensitive Ursula. Her feelings of guilt make her try to help Matt, by phoning his friends and leaving a message via e-mail. One month ago, she wouldn’t have given “a damn”.
But, at the same time, she seems to hate more and more people around her. It is hard to actually find anybody, who Ugly Girl really likes, which is a contradiction in my opinion! How can she be emotional, “vulnerable” (as Ugly Girl would’ve described it) and a hating warrior at the same time?
Without knowing the further storyline, I would expect Ursula Riggs to talk about the problem with her mother, that she feels missed out.
An interesting fact I noticed was the same use of words, for both Ugly Girl and Matt. As he is kept in the office, he says: “This is all crazy” (p.33, l.20). Ursula Riggs says: “This is so crazy” (p.54, l.21). What does this mean? They seem to be the only people, who can imagine the full dimension of the misunderstanding and rumours on the other side. A very interesting story!