Steve In The World Reflection

Imagine your childhood and most your adulthood having no one who cares about you, or feeling like you have no one to relate to. Unfortunately this how Steve in A Chance in the World felt throughout a big portion of his life. Before deciding on which book I was going to read for this project, I decided to do a little bit more research on each, rather then just looking at the back of the book. I finally decided on A Chance in the World, because I felt like this book would teach me a lot about the hardships children like Steve face, and hopefully a way to handle situations like this if they pop up in my future career. A Chance in the World displays the courage and strength a young child has to rise up and succeed, when for most of his life the …show more content…
For instance, there would be parts where it almost broke your heart but a little later it would have you feeling excited and happy. There was a lot of tension throughout the book as well. Like when Steve had had enough and was going to get himself out of the Robinson house right away. During that scene it kept you on edge, wondering if Willie Robinson was going to show up on the street anytime and drag Steve back into that nightmarish house. One part that stood out to me most was a simple chapter within the book. It was where Steve had ridden his bike to the ocean and was enjoying the view. I thought it did a great job of showing how happy Steve was in that moment, and how far he had come from that moment to being stuck in that house with the Robinson’s. Another thing that stuck out to me was all the times that the people around Steve, including his social worker, failed him. Numerous times Steve was cast aside and forgot about, but that didn’t keep him from fighting for himself. I was kind of in shock in the beginning of the book, seeing how Steve was kind of left behind by the system. The Betty Robinson was able to fool one Social Worker after another, without little effort. Actually Betty Robinson was able to fool almost