FCR #6
Out of the Pocket, Bill Konigsberg. Qtr. 2, Cycle 9 Reading Response, pages 201-272
In this last section of the book, Bobby has
learned to live with being openly gay and has no problems at school, home, or
on the football field with people knowing he's gay. There may be the occasional
people who will call names or make fun of him, but Bobby knows it doesn't
matter because he is who he is and shouldn't care what others think. Bobby's
father is also recovering from having cancer and being sent to Arizona for
treatment. So in this part of the book, it tells how Bobby is emotional when
his father returns home cancer free and healthy. Bobby throws a welcome home
party for his father too, inviting all the friends and even bringing his new
boyfriend Bryan home to meet his parents. His parents are okay with Bryan and
they all learn to get along together. This book teaches us to not be ashamed of
who we are, but to be proud of ourselves and never let anyone hold us back from
doing what we think is right.
In this section
and overall in this book, the author used the 6 traits well to explain and give
us images of what's going on with Bobby during his senior year of high school. The
author especially uses voice, word choice, and sentence fluency to convey the
ideas he put into this story. I think the author also did a good job of
organizing his thoughts in a way that makes the story make sense from Bobby being
hesitant to coming out as openly gay to him becoming comfortable with people
knowing he's gay.
This book
relates to the guiding question who am I, and how does language reflect
identity because it shows you don't have to care about what others think, as
long as you act yourself. This book tells us that as long as your yourself, the
ones that truly care about you will accept you for who you are, and the ones
who don't shouldn't be in your life anyway. This section of the story was a
great way to show that Bobby knows who he is now, and that nothing is holding
him back from being himself.
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