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In the novel “I am the Cheese” I felt very sorry for Adam. He is a very confused and lonely boy. His family is ripped away from him and he is unsure about who he is and what memories are real and which ones are just dreams he had. Throughout the novel Adam is bullied by his doctors at the mental center, Jr. Varney the kid who stole his bike and Whipper a kid who he sadly meets at a diner. When Adam runs into Whipper in the diner Whipper starts to pick on him. “I stand up, pushing my chair away... The other kids get up too. My heart races: I am such a coward. The counterman is still on the telephone, turned sideways from us. ‘I’d like to know what’s in the package,’ Whipper says, his voice low and deadly.” This to me seems like Whipper is bullying Adam, or even threatening him. I can connect to this because at times I see other kids at school who are bullied. Not bullied like Adam was, but name calling. One time I heard some kids using insulting names to talk about other kids. Another thought I had was that a mental institution isn’t a pleasant place to go. It almost sounds like that the doctors don’t want you to be there or they don’t want to be there. I wonder why the doctors were so mean to Adam and making him talk about his parents when he his body showed that he was hurting when he talked about them. It also hurt him when he talked about how he found out that his life was a big lie. Adam found an envelope in his fathers desk.“Still curious, he held the envelope up to the light and could see faint outlines of a document inside…. He had two birth certificates, two birthdays. Crazily, he thought, Was I born twice?” This reminds me of a Goosebumps movie I saw that was about a kid who went to summer camp. What was weird about the camp was people were disappearing from his bunk. He found out it was a seceret military base! All the kids who he thought disappeared were really just hiding in the woods. he also found out he was going to earth with his parents. Another thing Adam experiences in this book is meeting Whipper again. This time Adam is on his bike and Whipper is in his car. Adam is then in trouble. Whipper keeps coming after him with his car. Whipper sadly succeeds in pushing Adam into a ditch. Adam then wakes up sometime later and finds a nice young man who helped Adam out of the ditch and brought him to his next destination. I thought this was really nice of the man to do for adam. This made me think why doesn't anybody do this for anyone any more? Why don't we help people when we see they are in danger and might even need medical assistance? This reminded me of a time when I went skiing with my family. Me and my mom went to the bathroom. As soon as I got out of the stall a woman at the sinks fell down and hit her head. I could tell she hit it hard. I was so scared that I just didn't move at all. Then another woman ( her friend/family member) came into the bathrooms and was shocked to see the woman on the ground. The woman helping took some water and the woman on the ground woke up. Then the woman went to get help. After it was over I wondered... Why was I afraid to help? Next time I see someone who needs help I will try to help.
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