When there is change present in life it is hard not to back down, and although changes and challenges in life are hard and seem unavoidable, friends are always there to keep you up. In the books, Fish In A Tree, and The Seventh Most Important Thing, the two main characters Arthur and Ally learn to never give up, how changes in life may not always be good, and how friends will always have your back. Ally struggles with dyslexia. A disability that affects her reading and writing skills, so she can’t read or write easily. Arthur on the other hand is struggling to adjust to the different environment and view he now has because of being in Juvie. Through it all their friends help them get through the change. Ally teaches me to never give up, all
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Both of the main protagonists in both books struggle with challenges in life from Ally with her dyslexia disability, and Arthur with his dad passing away, but one thing they both have in common is that they can always count on their friends, or their friends can always count on them. In the book The Seventh Most Important Thing, Arthur’s friend that’s there for him is Squeak. Squeak was there for Arthur when they were sitting in the cafeteria and a group of bullies started throwing hot dogs at them, staining Squeak’s sweater. It shows this on page 155, “‘It says Go Ahead. Throw Things at Me,’ Squeak answered without looking down at the notebook that he still held in front of his puny chest. Go Ahead. Throw Things at Me. Arthur felt a small glow of appreciation flicker inside him. He couldn’t remember the last time someone had done someone had done something nice for him at school. Not since way before his dad died. And here was Squeak standing up on a table for him. Trying to protect him. Wimpy, short little Squeak was standing up for Arthur Owens, a brick-throwing delinquent. You had to admire the kid.” When the author illustrates this picture it makes me think how happy Arthur must be to have someone who will look out for him, after his father was gone, and he had no one to look after him. Though Squeak may be small, and fit in a garbage can, he is a great friend to Arthur, and really helped Arthur get through how he was being treated at school and with how he felt about Mr. Hampton
Both of the main protagonists in both books struggle with challenges in life from Ally with her dyslexia disability, and Arthur with his dad passing away, but one thing they both have in common is that they can always count on their friends, or their friends can always count on them. In the book The Seventh Most Important Thing, Arthur’s friend that’s there for him is Squeak. Squeak was there for Arthur when they were sitting in the cafeteria and a group of bullies started throwing hot dogs at them, staining Squeak’s sweater. It shows this on page 155, “‘It says Go Ahead. Throw Things at Me,’ Squeak answered without looking down at the notebook that he still held in front of his puny chest. Go Ahead. Throw Things at Me. Arthur felt a small glow of appreciation flicker inside him. He couldn’t remember the last time someone had done someone had done something nice for him at school. Not since way before his dad died. And here was Squeak standing up on a table for him. Trying to protect him. Wimpy, short little Squeak was standing up for Arthur Owens, a brick-throwing delinquent. You had to admire the kid.” When the author illustrates this picture it makes me think how happy Arthur must be to have someone who will look out for him, after his father was gone, and he had no one to look after him. Though Squeak may be small, and fit in a garbage can, he is a great friend to Arthur, and really helped Arthur get through how he was being treated at school and with how he felt about Mr. Hampton