47 pages 1 hour read

Jesse Andrews

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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Chapters 3-5Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 3 Summary: “Let's Just Get This Embarrassing Chapter Out of the Way”

Greg lists the top three things he knows about girls: they prefer attractive guys (which Greg is not); they respond favorably to self-confidence (which Greg does not possess); and every attempt Greg has made towards girls has failed miserably. Greg offers five examples of his girl-getting techniques that include: accusing a girl he likes of having a crush on him (she did not); relentlessly insulting a girl he likes until he makes her cry; flirting with the best friend of the girl he likes; complimenting a girl’s boobs (which he learns they do not appreciate); and, pretending to be a gentleman with a British accent in order to get a girl to go on a date with him. These attempts happen in middle school; by high school, Greg chooses to not even try with girls.

Chapter 4 Summary: “Where Are They Now?”

Greg updates his readers as to where the girls from his failed attempts at dating are now. Cammie heads up the math team; Madison is the hottest girl in school; Leah’s a staunch feminist with multiple facial piercings and no hair; Mara attended a different high school; Mariah still talks a lot, but with the theater kids now; and Rachel got cancer.

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