Blog Post #13: Rules of Attraction Protagonist

            There are two protagonists in the book, Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles, they are Carlos Fuentes and Kiara Westford. These two are the protagonist because they are the main characters. Carlos is like a walking ego because he is obnoxious and he knows that he is good looking. Kiara on the other hand is not very popular because she stutters when she talks and she plays sports, and loves a challenge. She is not your run of a mill girl. Later in the book Carlos finds that he starts liking Kiara. Carlos is not usually drawn to girls like Kiara.

            Kiara is the protagonist because she plays a role as a girl that is unpopular and has only one friend. She soon finds love for the bad boy that moves into her house because he couldn’t live with his brother. They are complete opposites though they still fall in love. Kiara does not really fall for a guy like Carlos and Carlos does not fall for a girl like Kiara most of the time, but when they are together they are happier. I think that opposite people can have a great relationship because once they get to know each other they might change their opinion.

            Carlos is an important character in the book because he is the one that all started the love story. Kiara met Carlos by his brother, Alex, suggesting for her to show Carlos around the school. If Kiara did not know Alex she would not have know Carlos. Carlos was the one that got kicked out of his brother’s school apartment and had to find a place to stay. Alex also suggested for Carlos to live in Kiara’s house. When Carlos entered the house he found that everything was so organized and he did not roll like that. He started thinking about Kiara because he thought that she was really interesting. I think that Carlos really liked Kiara from the first time he saw her because he always thought about her.

            In conclusion, the protagonists of Rules of Attraction fall in love. This book is a love story of two opposites. Carlos and Kiara at first thought that they would never be together. As the book progressed they each changed their opinion about each other. Carlos did not want a real relationship with Kiara because the last real relationship he had turned into a disaster. Kiara wanted a relationship she could not have. These two characters are the protagonist of the book because of their wanted love for each other.