Lily And Dunkin Essay

In the Realistic fiction book, “Lily and Dunkin” by Donna Gephart, Dunkin made a poor decision when choosing to sit with the popular boys on his first day of school, when his friends asked him to sit with them and have been nice to him, but I believe that was not his fault and many other people would have done the same thing when they’re are in a situation like this. This story is narrated by two characters, Lily and Dunkin, and that alternate perspectives.Lily McGrother, born as Timothy, is a boy who is transgender and is struggling to be a girl when he looks like a boy. Dunkin Dorfman, who is actually Norbert,is a boy who is coping and enduring with bipolar disorder, which makes it hard for him to be social. Both with challenges, one day when Lily meets Dunkin their lives completely change.
Near the beginning of the book it is Dunkin’s first day of
“Do you play basketball?”
‘Do I play basketball? Of course I don’t...how does one answer this question when a whole group of guys are staring and expecting an obvious yes(thought)... “Hells yeah, I play b-ball.” At first I wonder who said that because I don’t talk like that, but I must have heard it somewhere since those are the words that fly from my mouth.’
This quote shows that since Dunkin wants to fit in with them because he thinks these guys ‘might be my key to fitting in’. Attempting to act cool, he doesn’t be his true self, and say things that he would never say. I believe that he tried his best and let anxiety and nervousness got the best of him, and therefore, I say again, it’s not his fault, it's more so the intimidating guys.
Noticing the use of decisions that could be considered unacceptable or wrong, can help readers understand characters more deeply by being in their shoes, and contemplate about why the character made that