Group Reflection

One conversation that I started during my group discussion time was when I made a connection. The connection was when Junior had a lot of deaths that occurred throughout the book, especially people close to him, and I could relate to that because my old dog named Shay recently died from natural causes. As soon as I said this, specifically Nick and Kevin said that they also had loved ones die from natural causes. Although that they didn’t have a pet that died, they were still very close to them and that’s what makes the connection so accurate between my group and the book.
Another conversation that started by another group member was when Nick said that he liked to draw cartoons in his free time and so does Arnold.When im bored in class I like to draw cartoons, but besides that I don't ever draw them. I found this conversation interesting because we slowly started to talk about all types/forms of art rather than just drawing. We started talking about …show more content…
They struggle to get their mind straight because they don't have any of their friends with them at school or even near them anymore, and they’re trying to become friends with other people, but they fight and struggle with the fact that they’re starting all over again like a blank sheet of paper waiting to be filled out. Their personality changes dramatically because they are now shy or timid around others because they don't know anyone. In the book, Arnold faces this to because he went from Wellpinit to Reardan high school, he doesn’t make a lot of friends the first few days because of external features such as skin color, abnormally large head and feet, and even his horrific lisp. After these few slow and horrific days, Arnold decides to punch his “bully” in the face and gained respect for himself so now he doesn't get picked on, and this gave him hope that he could make new