Jennifer’s Comments (group member since Nov 12, 2016)

Jennifer’s comments from the 833 Reading Responses group.

Q: What is a moment that reveals something important about your protagonist?
In the the realistic fiction novel, "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson, the character Melinda is surrounded by hate by strangers, and even her friends. Her freshman year was off to a horrible start. She ended her summer party by calling the cops, but no one knew the truth so everyone hated her. Until she finally speaks the truth, and everything changed. Even her best friend hated her because of the party. Melinda says, "The kids behind me laugh so loud I know they're laughing about me. I can't help myself. I turn around It's rachel, my ex best friend who understood me more than anything, and never make fun of my bedroom. Her eyes meet mine for a second. "I hate you" she mouths silently" (87) Melinda's best friend didn't even like her at all, but hated her because of what she did. If she told the truth, everything would've changed

Question: How does the secondary character impact the protagonist?
In the book, Wonder by John Green, a secondary character was Julian and he would bully a new transferred kid, the protagonist, Auggie. Auggie didn't look like everybody else, he was different, and because of that he feels low about himself. Now, there are even kids calling him names and making fun of him. On page 73, it states "I wish everyday could be halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get know each other before we go to see what we looked under the mask." Everyone judged Auggie for the way he looks, and Auggie wants to meet people before they see how each other looked like. Everyone made fun of him but doesn't knows his story.