What Does Brew Means To Be A Hero?

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What I think Brew means by what he says is that he’s mad at himself because of his wiring or the way he was made. Brewster wishes that he could just be normal, he can not do anything without getting hurt. He says earlier in the chapter that he can not even kill a spider or salt a snail because the pain always comes back to him.
I think what Brewster means by this is that he is trying to embrace his abnormality. I think he wants to be a hero but every time he tries to help it only hurts him worse. He doesn't show anyone because people will just want to keep him around for safety and nothing else. These lines teach me about Brewster because we know that he just wants to be a normal teenage kid and not have to worry about getting hurt all the

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