Parallel Letters

I think that the artwork on the inside cover of the islands Sabine lived on and the map of England where Griffin lived are a very important detail of this book. The organization of the colors and neatness of the possible train railways show the world that Griffin lived in was vastly different than Sabine's. His map showed that plainness that entailed in Griffin's letters. The map of the islands where Sabine lived show how unorganized she seemed. The islands are carefree almost just like her. The shape of them are similar to her own artwork and herself. On one letter she said that they are unsearchable, little specks of dust on a map almost like saying that she is non-existent as well.
The way that the maps are separated are also interesting. They are parallel to one another. This seems to show however different these two people are, they are actually closer than they realize.