Shell's By Cynthia Rylant Analysis

“Shell’s” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction short story about a teenage boy that has lost his parents and he needs a friend,so he buys a hermit crab. He lives with his aunt Esther,she seems like a mean stubborn old lady in the beginning but she turns out alright. But sometimes you have to get out of your shell to realize how you really feel. In the beginning Michael was so lonely and his aunt did not seem to care, but in the inside she really does. because in paragraph 40 Aunt Esther is comfortable, but when she looks at Michael she frowns. So Michael buys a Hermit crab to keep him company and his aunt don't like it until she realizes it is his only friend. In the middle,Aunt Esther wants to get closer to Michael