Brian In 'The Boy Who Could Turn Into Things'

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In my life it seems like everyone around me is trying to be something they are not. They think that the “cool kids” will like them if they are something better than themselves. Well, in the story “The Boy Who Could Turn into Things,” by Stuart Baum Brian, the protagonist, is one of those kids. He thinks by turning himself into different things that he will get noticed by someone. But in this story there is hope for Brian because he learns that it is ok to be himself.

Throughout “The Boy Who Could Turn Into Things” Stuart shows us how Brian is so very unnoticed. Brian is a very smart boy, and he works hard in school, however when he raises his hand in class when he knows the answer to the question, his teacher, does not call on him, but she

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