The Sag Summer Glow Up
In Sag Harbor, the idea of summer is a key piece of the book, it’s more than just a season. It’s a season of reinvention and freedom, where you can rebuild yourself, and do whatever you want. In the book, summer almost feels like it is outside of normal life. Free of routines, expectations and social standards during the school year. That idea is relatable across teenagers, because summer often feels like the only time that change is possible without constant judgment from peers. Part of the appeal of the “summer glow up” is there being no school. Because during the school year people will often get trapped in expectations and labels, like the “athletic kid” or “nerd”. Benji is subject to this during his school year, as he went through his D&D phase, and as he was labeled as his brother's twin, constantly referred to as Benji and Reggie, or in Reggie’s absence constantly asked “where’s Reggie?”, as if he keeps a tracker on him, or that they share one mind. During school...