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• Isabela is jealous that Mirabel isn’t burdened by a gift and can do whatever she wants 
• would offer her help but thinks that she would snap at her because she ‘always wants stuff done her own way’ 
• sometimes wishes her gift was more helpful like her mother’s
•  when she makes a mistake she pushes it onto Mirabel because she recognizes that she isn’t allowed to make a mistake but Mirabel is 
• she made Mirabel a little daisy necklace before her ceremony 
• she’s nervous around Abuela
• “Abuela’s stern voice disrupts the quiet of the courtyard. I’m not sure where she came from but she is standing over Mirabel, watching her do her project. That would make me so nervous.”

• Luisa thinks that she’s ‘not supposed to get tired or worn out’ and hopes Abuela doesn’t notice when she does
  
• everyone loves her hugs because she’s strong and she really wants a hug
• Isabela made her a flower crown on her ceremony day

• Mirabel decorated the nursery’s ceiling with pictures representing family members
  
• Pepa = rainbows, Isabela = flowers, Luisa = boulders, Julieta = arroz con pollo
  
• “I watch Abuela smile at her daughters and her grandchildren. Why doesn’t she smile at me like that?”

• apparently they can feel Casita ‘smiling with pride’

• “I’m not sure what to do. I want to comfort her because that’s my duty as the oldest sister, but I don’t want Abuela to be angry with me, too.” 

• Luisa’s room is a gym
• “I don’t remember the family having that much fun on my gift day. Mostly everyone wanted to watch me do tricks with my brand new strength. You know –lifting heavy things, moving houses and churches, digging deep holes. Honestly, I felt a little like a performer at a circus. I still do, actually.”
  
• she has the slightest bit of repressed anger/irritation
• Mirabel thinks everything comes easily to Luisa and is irritated that she does everything everyone asks of her except what Mirabel asks
  
• Luisa never cries, gets tired, or takes naps

• Isabela feels like Mirabel is lucky for not being responsible for anything
• she thinks Mirabel is Agustín’s favorite child, and that she needs to try harder for him to like her
• she envies Mirabel because she doesn’t need to care about what others think of her
   

• Félix and Agustín are good friends

• parallels between Bruno’s room in the walls and Mirabel’s nursery room

• Luisa doesn’t believe that Mirabel disturbed Antonio’s gift ceremony on purpose
• isn’t emotionally strong and will cry when yelled at, and is impressed that Mirabel can stand up to Abuela
• “I back up into the shadows a bit. Just because I’m strong– I used to be strong (don’t cry, don’t cry) –doesn’t mean my grandmother doesn’t frighten me a little, especially when she’s mad.”
  
• Luisa has a panic attack during the final confrontation between Mirabel and Abuela Alma when the house is crumbling down
• “I knew it. I knew it was my fault. Why can’t I be everywhere at once?”
  
• she’s afraid of the dark
• Abuela thinks Mirabel is similar to Pedro
  
• Bruno’s ostarization from the family was the beginning of the cracks

• before Casita was destroyed, Isabela refused hugs

• Dolores becomes much more talkative after the destruction of Casita
• the doors become representative of the family members’ entire personalities, instead of just their gifts