Carrie’s moment of introspection in her empty house highlights the complexities of her character. Although she is alienated from her peers, she has similar worries to them regarding her weight and appearance, showing how, in some ways, she is a normal teenage girl. However, her conflict about her own sexuality as well as her contradicting feelings about her mother show how the abuse she suffers have affected her psyche—including her feelings about her own appearance, as signified by her breaking the bathroom mirror.