33 pages • 1 hour read
Lauren OliverBefore I Fall
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 2-3Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 2 Summary
Chapter 2 opens with a nightmare that Sam is falling forever; the dream ends with the car accident. Then her alarm sounds and Izzy urges her awake. Sam realizes she doesn’t know how she got home the night before. When Lindsay texts her, she realizes that it’s Friday—Cupid Day—all over again. Her sense of déjà vu continues, with the big events of the day the same but lots of slight differences.
This time, when she receives the rose from Kent, she leaves it behind; he follows her after class to try to give it to her. He starts to invite her to the party but she sees Rob and runs off. Rob wants to go to Kent’s party. When Lindsay texts her about the party, she agrees to go. At Ally’s house, before the party, Sam and Lindsay discuss Sam having sex with Rob and Sam feels nostalgic for all the times she’s spent in Ally’s house with her friends.
The four friends go to the party and Sam realizes that because the day went differently than the first version, peoples’ lives are better. She realizes this second version of the day is not a dream or déjà vu.
