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The author Edward Hogan began to describe Lexi’s personality as a free-spirited kind of person, it influenced Daniel to become a free-spirited person. Hogan also does a great deal of symbolism with the characters. You feel as though you are in Daniel’s shoes that is symbolizes you, the reader, and Lexi symbolizes the idea of coming of age. Throughout the book, Hogan is always descriptive about how the environment looks, how it feels, and it really gives you goosebumps because it feels as if you are in the book. Throughout the book, Hogan is always descriptive about how the environment looks, how it feels, and it really gives you goosebumps because it feels as if you are in the book. For example, when Lexi got out of the water after one of her swims, Hogan talked about her shivers, how her lips turned blue, that you could see her breath, and that the temperature was very low. Though Lexi was in love with swimming and couldn’t take a day off.