Dreamland by Sarah Dessen, Penguin Group Inc: New York, 2000"When Eliza, Lindsay and I finally all got up to go to the ambulance to bandage ourselves, the crowd stood up and given a standing O. We continued to beat the game bug, but my reversal made everything else disappointing."(47)anticlimax, n. an event, period, or outcome that is surprisingly less important or dramatic than expected. The main character, Caitlin, fell from the top of the cheerleading pyramid during the biggest football game of the season. She also injured several other cheerleaders when she fell. She was distracted because she heard someone in the crowd shouting her sister's name. Caitlin has hated cheerleading ever since she made the team, and falling from the top of the pyramid certainly didn't make her want to stay. Luckily no one was seriously hurt, but it put a damper on the whole evening. As in real life, the audience probably won't remember the opposing team, the cheerleaders' routine, or even the score of the game, but no one will forget the distracted cheerleader who lost her balance at the top of the pyramid. Nothing else seems more important. Never mind that the cheerleaders walked away unharmed and won the game, all most people will remember was the drama of the incident. I think this incident really highlights how much Caitlin's sister was on her mind and how disoriented and unaware she was of her. the surroundings where Caitlin was. She was very caught up in the drama left by Cass and when she heard someone yelling her name she thought Cass might be there. These two sisters, despite their differences, were obviously close. Caitlin now has to suffer for the consequences Cass left behind when she ran away." "You know," he said thoughtfully, "you ask a lot of questions." "I don't," I said indignantly." adj. anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean. Caitlin asked her new boyfriend Rogerson questions about his family and friends, something a typical date might consist of. Rogerson, however, is not a typical boyfriend. He told her that he asks a lot of questions, which made Caitlin angry. She felt ignored during the date, while he talked to his friends and rarely introduced her. He later admits that: "'...it's not that I want a brilliant conversation...I was just wondering why you asked me out tonight if you didn't really want me here.'" (77) For this moment he defends himself from alone, do not accept his accusations as a conclusion to his pressure for conversation.