Forgiveness and Redemption in 'Fire with Fire'

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“Don’t apologize,” I tell him. “You have nothing to be sorry for.” I’m the one who should be sorry. Next fall, Reeve should be a football god at a division one school, doing keg stands and hooking up with random girls. That’s his destiny. The thought of Reeve stuck here on this island… it’s too sad to even think about.” (Han 280) Analysis: This quote holds significance towards the story, Fire with Fire because Lillia, who in the first book of this trilogy, Burn for Burn spiked her friend, Reeve’s drink at a school dance, after learning that he humiliated Mary, Lillia’s newest friend. Drugging Reeve’s drink resulted in him having a seizure and a broken leg. The quote was said by Lillia trying to comfort Reeve after he had a meltdown realizing he might not get into his top college for football because In the first story, Burn for Burn you learned what started the rivalry between Kat and Rennie. It used to be Rennie, Kat and Lillia, your typical 3 best friend group. Until a major fight broke out between Rennie and Kat. Lillia ended up taking Rennie’s side of the argument. From that point on, Kat was no longer friends with Lillia and Rennie. Rennie and Lillia made it their priority to talk about Kat behind her back and continue to humiliate her. Although, Kat chose to forgive Lillia for the reason that she has always been strung along by Rennie. Lillia was also the first to apologize for her part in the argument. She finally confessed how Rennie has turned into a terrible person. At this point in the story, Rennie is trying to apologize to Kat but, Kat can’t just forget the way Rennie has been treating her. Rennie continues to apologize over and over again, until Kat gives in. Both Rennie and Kat come to an agreement that even if things can’t go back to the way they used to between them, working through their disagreements could be for the

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