Q A theme in the Wednesday Wars is it's hard to please two people/groups/ideas at the same time, which is shown when Holling decides whether or not to forgive Meryl Lee, when Holling is deciding what he should be when he grows up and when Danny gives his signed baseball back to Mickey Mantle. First, Holling confronts Meryl Lee for showing his dad's designs to her father, but Meryl Lee says she didn't know he was going to use the same designs. Holling needs to choose whether to take his dad’s side, or Meryl Lee's side.“‘ ...it’s hard to care about two things at the same time, like caring about the Montague family and caring about Juliet too.’”(Schmidt 152) Holling wrote this in his essay after everything went down with Meryl Lee. Holling wants to believe Meryl Lee, since he likes her, but Holling still wants to take his family's side because he knows how badly his dad wants the school design project. …show more content…
Another example is that Holling has not yet decided what he wants to be when he grows up but his dad has a specific opinion on what Holling's future life should look like, and Holling wants to honor his father's wishes.“‘So who are you Holling?’‘I don't know yet.’ I said finally, ‘I'll let you know.’‘What a barrel of mumbo jumbo,’ said my father.”(Schmidt 261) Holling responds to his dad saying he doesn't know what he wants to be yet, and his dad seems