The question remains is seeing believing or is believing seeing because through the entire book we are only told the story by the boys across the street and not from any of the people inside the Lisbon house. So all of the sceneries that we were told, all of the things the girls did and how the parents behaved, how the girls' behaved can actually be wrong because the boys were not in the Lisbon household. Like they say "Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors." So what makes this story so believable? How can we believe the story the boys across the street have told us? It could be that what happened behind closed doors was not exactly as bad as the boys told us. Maybe behind closed doors, Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon treated their kids differently than what they were told to be by the boys. There is also a difference of knowledge and understanding that plays out. The boys understanding, knowledge and maturity for certain events might not be the same for somebody who is older, has more knowledge and is more mature. An adult may view a scene differently such as the scene when Lux begins to take boys to the roof and have sex with them. The boys viewed this scene with shock as to how she could do this without being caught and scared whereas an adult might be angry, frustrated and disgusted at how a young girl can go behind her parents' back and have sex with guys on the rooftop. So can we believe what the guys say and see it occurring or do we have to see the events actually unfolding in front of our own eyes to believe it? My answer is I would have to see it to believe it because my interpretation would be different than the boys and most importantly nobody knows what exactly happened other than the Lisbon sisters and the Lisbon parents.
The Lisbon sisters.
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