Olivia had changed so much since then. She had changed in ways she would never have been able to anticipate. She had become the kind of person who was barely able to get out of bed in the morning without buckling beneath the tidal pull of the planets.

Kevin Brockmeier
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When Olivia and her friend go to the fair in "To Kill a Mockingbird," she becomes completely immersed in the world around her. She is so busy with the exhibits and the games and seeing all of her friends that she doesn't notice Atticus. But, when Atticus finally makes his appearance, she becomes so panicked that she collapses in front of him. For someone who has grown up with such a strong relationship with their father, this experience must have been quite confusing.

To say that she had changed would be an understatement. She had become a completely different person from the one who was a child when she first met Atticus.

Source: The View From The Seventh Layer

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