Holding Up The Universe And Jack's Relationship

Ophelia relates to Holding Up the Universe because the song talks about how you can’t help who you fall in love with. Jack experiences this when he falls in love with Libby. His friends think he’s crazy for loving the girl who used to be America's fattest teen, but Jack loves her anyway.
Try relates to Holding Up the Universe because regardless of everything that happened to Libby she never gave up. She kept trying even if she didn't think she was worth it. She wanted to do it so her dad didn’t have to lose anyone else. She knew this was even harder for him so she lost the weight to help him and so she could give it another try.
Teenagers relate to Holding Up the Universe because the song talks about bullying. Teenagers just want to be left alone by their peers. Jack has a unique problem in the fact that he has trouble identifying who he is talking to. In the book, Jack gets into multiple fights with his peers and he has trouble because he doesn’t always know who he’s fighting with. This is why he usually goes along with things, so he doesn’t get in trouble with anyone.
He wanted to let her know that there were people there for her.
Bad Husband relates to Holding Up the Universe because Jack’s dad was horrible to his wife. He treated her with little respect and only Jack knew what he was doing. Jack learned to resent him for that and it really hurt Jack in the long