Ariana is not a very important character in this book. She is really only mentioned at the beginning. She is Connor's girlfriend, and Connor is planning on being a runaway unwind with her.
On page 4, Ariana says, "'We should run away,' 'I'm fed up with everything, too. My family, school, everything. I could kick-AWOL, and never look back.'"
Then her mood changes when Connor goes back to her house to run away.
"'No,' says Ariana. 'It was a dream. Reality got in the way, that's all. And running away doesn't solve anything.'
'Running away is the only way to save my life,' Connor hisses. 'I'm about to be unwound, in case you forgot.' She gently touches his face. 'I know,' she says. 'But I'm not.'" (Shusterman 9)
This change in her mood as to whether she wants to run away or not makes me wonder if there was some event that Neal Shusterman did not mention that caused her to change her mind. Back on page 4, she is completely ready to run away with Connor. She's even the one who suggested the idea in the first place. However, 5 pages later, she doesn't want to run away at all. Do you think that some event happened, Janie, that caused Ariana to change her mind? Or do you think that it is "just a really bad time for me." (Shusterman 9)?
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