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=Adelaide Prentiss=

Adelaide 'Addy' Prentiss is one of two female main characters in the novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_Us_Is_Lying. One of Us is Lying] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_M._McManus#cite_note-13. Karen M. McManus], and features in it's subsequent novel 'One of us is next'. She is part of a group of four people, known as 'the Bayview Four', who are accused of murder after the death of a boy in the detention they had all gone to. She is seen as the 'Princess' of the group, as her regular circle of friends is classified as the popular group, including one of the other murder suspects [https://one-of-us-is-lying.fandom.com/wiki/Cooper_Clay#:~:text=Cooper%20Clay%20is%20a%20seventeen,be%20kind%2C%20caring%20and%20charismatic. Cooper Clay].

Background
Addy Prentiss grew up living with her mother after her parents divorce. Addy's mother, Mrs Calloway, comes across very shallow and has raised Addy valuing the physical over anything else, teaching Addy and her sister, Ashton, that as long as they are physically attractive then they should attract handsome, wealthy men to look after them. This idea that Addy is only a pretty face is internalised in her character, as her relationship with her boyfriend Jake demonstrates. He controls almost every aspect of her life, what she wears, does and who she sees, and Addy allows this for most of the novel, not noticing that their relationship is quickly veering towards abuse. This internalised, mysogynistic view of Addy and even how she views herself continue through most of the novel, until Addy realises her mistakes after her secret is revealed on 'About that'.

School life
Addy and her friends go to Bayview High in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayview,_California. Bayview, California], she is established in the book as part of the 'popular' group at the High School, along with her boyfriend [https://www.litcharts.com/lit/one-of-us-is-lying/characters/jake-riordan. Jake Riordan]. Everyone at the High School is in constant fear of their secrets being exposed on a blog named 'About That' by [https://one-of-us-is-lying.fandom.com/wiki/Simon_Kelleher. Simon Kelleher], who is murdered in the detention that Addy is in. Addy, along with the other three people attending the detention are quickly suspected, especially as their secrets are revealed. Addy's secret is posted to about that and tells that she slept with her boyfriend's best friend, TJ Forrester over the summer. This changes Addy's school life drastically, she is broken up with by Jake, who later comes after her for revenge and frames her for murder, and all her friends turn away from her. However this change pushes Addy to become friends with [https://one-of-us-is-lying.fandom.com/wiki/Bronwyn_Rojas. Bronwyn], Cooper and [https://one-of-us-is-lying.fandom.com/wiki/Nate_Macauley. Nate] and allows her to see she has been liberated from social expectation and needing to be the perfect princess she was earlier deemed to be.

Personality
Adelaide is known as Addy by most of the characters in the book, showing both her popularity and her laid back nature. She is displayed as the air-headed, shallow Princess type girl throughout most of the book, eventually revealing her true character towards the end. Addy has an internalized view throughout a lot of the novel that she is only the pretty character that she is presented as in the beginning, but it becomes obvious that she is actually intelligent and opinionated and has more to her character than it at first appeared. Addy is especially brave in the end when she needs to help free Nate from prison by proving that Jake is behind framing him and helping Simon in his master plan. She risks her life to help Nate, showing her integrity, loyalty and bravery in the end when she exposes her true self, without her mother or boyfriend's influence.

Physical appearance
Addy is described in the beginning by Bronwyn, who describes her as looking straight out of a shampoo advert, with her long blonde hair and pretty, heart-shaped face. However, when she goes through her break up and personality change, she cuts her hair off and dyes it purple, truly showing her character development, both with her personality and her physical appearance.

Quotes

 * 'She must have been surgically removed from her boyfriend in order to show up.' - Bronwyn quotes this on page 6, when she is describing all the people in detention, this obviously highlights the controlling nature of Addy's relationsip and the view of her from everyone else, that she seems to think she is better than everyone and is constantly attached to her boyfriend.

'homecoming Princess, not Queen'' - both of these quotes are said by Addy on page 19, when Jake takes her home, highlighting the views that her mother has instilled in her, if she is not viewed as the 'best' or the 'prettiest' then she is not good enough.
 * 'my mother thinks Jake's too good for me'


 * 'I'll have to wear my hair down for a while, which is how Jake likes it anyway.'' - This is also said by Addy on page 41, again showing her inner thoughts and what has been instilled in her, even though she is hurt, at least Jake will like the way she looks.


 * 'I never turn Jake down. Its like my mother said when she first took me to get birth control: if you say no too much, pretty soon someone else will say yes'' - again this quote from page 45 shows Addy's mother's control over her, throughout her life she has reminded her and made her feel like her purpose is to please men in order to get a wealthy husband.


 * 'My mother couldn't care less. As far as she's concerned I've ruined all our lives, so it doesn't much matter what I do anymore'' - this quote from Addy on page 124 also shows her mother's view of Addy and her need for her daughter's to be loved and marry, her mother acts like it is the end of the World when Jake breaks up with her, and it is left to Addy's sister Ashton to support Addy.


 * '"A couple inches?" I shake my head. "All of it."' - on page 173 Addy chooses to get all her hair cut off, this shows the turning point for Addy's character as she becomes more detached from Jake and her mother and becomes a stronger version of herself.