In the short story “A Letter from the Fringe” the author Joan Bauer states the fact that everyone is different, but it is not a reason to judge or hate. We see this message develop throughout the story by the author’s use of again and again and contrast and contradictions. Throughout the story, again and again is used to help state the theme. One way is that during the story the main character, Dana thinks about all the people with insecurities and figures out that they are all the same. She figures out that the bullies have insecurities too, and that is the reason they place hate on other people. Ultimately, one shouldn’t hate because of the differences, or insecurities because everyone has them and as shown in the story, everyone has control
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One example in the story is, “It’s funny. No matter how mean she gets- and Parker can get mean- every time I see her now, I don’t think that she’ the prettiest girl in school or the richest or the most popular; I think a little about how her father doesn’t have a clue as to what she wants to be and how much that must hurt. Dana starts to disagree with her original thought that bullies were just flat out evil. It is important to notice that one might see a bully as someone who just likes to poke fun at people, but one might not understand is that all bullies have a reason, but it never makes it right. Another example is that Dana starts to speak up about how she feels instead of being an introvert and staying quiet when something bad happens. She feels like a message needs to be sent out to put people in their place. This confirms how the author uses contrasts and contradictions to state the theme because Dana steps out of her comfort zone allowing herself to put a message out of what needs to be done at her school.
In conclusion, in the story “A Letter From the Fringe” by Joan Bauer shows the theme everyone is different, but it is not a reason to judge or hate with contrast and contradictions and again and again. Bauer shows us that we are quick to make judgments and need to get to know people to really get a good judgment. When one looks beyond what is shown on the outside, they can get a good judgment and
One example in the story is, “It’s funny. No matter how mean she gets- and Parker can get mean- every time I see her now, I don’t think that she’ the prettiest girl in school or the richest or the most popular; I think a little about how her father doesn’t have a clue as to what she wants to be and how much that must hurt. Dana starts to disagree with her original thought that bullies were just flat out evil. It is important to notice that one might see a bully as someone who just likes to poke fun at people, but one might not understand is that all bullies have a reason, but it never makes it right. Another example is that Dana starts to speak up about how she feels instead of being an introvert and staying quiet when something bad happens. She feels like a message needs to be sent out to put people in their place. This confirms how the author uses contrasts and contradictions to state the theme because Dana steps out of her comfort zone allowing herself to put a message out of what needs to be done at her school.
In conclusion, in the story “A Letter From the Fringe” by Joan Bauer shows the theme everyone is different, but it is not a reason to judge or hate with contrast and contradictions and again and again. Bauer shows us that we are quick to make judgments and need to get to know people to really get a good judgment. When one looks beyond what is shown on the outside, they can get a good judgment and