The Boy Who Could Turn Into Anything By Stuart Bum Analysis

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Have you ever felt lonely? If so then you could understand what Brian feels like. Brian is not an ordinary person though, he can literally turn into anything he wants! So, as I was saying in the story “The Boy Who Could Turn Into Anything” by Stuart Baum, the main character, Brian is lonely. I think Brian turns into things because, he is bored and lonely. There is many evidence in the story to support this claim. Let me show you some of the evidence.

Here are some of the reasons I found. He is the kind of kid you look passed to see who else was in the class, the story states. In the story Brian thought that being teased was better than never being noticed at all. In the middle part of the story when Brian was in art class the teacher asked

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