Book 4: reflection

Literary Analysis:
The character that I find somewhat odd but nice is Caitlin who is also the main character and the narrator in the book mockingbird , she has Asperger's syndrome which is a condition were children can become socially awkward or not understand social norms but they can excel in a subject in an advanced level. With Caitlin she is a master artist and people in the book comment about it, she also likes drawing birds but an interesting thing about her drawing is that she does not like to draw things in color only in black and white as she says If you mix red and yellow than you get orange and if u mix it again you get a different orange

Caitlin is considered a modern hero in that she tries to come to terms with what happened to her brother and what happens to people around her, also because of her condition she cannot understand empathy and thus tries to actually find it rather than understand it characters around her are not actual heroes but try to accept what happened. one character is Caitlin's father who is most effected by it and is so broken that he would cry in front of Caitlin or try to get out of the room when she's around. though she does not understand it she can easily see thru his lies. an interesting thing about her is that while she does not understand empathy she can read peoples faces easily knowing when her father was lying and when her counselor is annoyed she can tell and figure out what not to do in the situation

She is also a modern hero in that she tries to understand others and tries to learn with her actions do to others. She also tries to figure out the situation to anyone else of what happened and does not necessarily get what people are trying to do but she still wants to realize what's happened one trait is that she does not like looking at people in the eye and its that this trait is realized when Caitlin is in Devon's room and tries to draw him and was able to draw everything except his eyes. She talks about him as she draws him (116)  I draw Devon's eyes in the top left corner. in the top right corner I draw his mouth with his lips curled up to show he's happy , I draw his crooked nose in the bottom left corner. his chest is in the bottom right corner. its still not finished. and I guess it never will be.

I think that the character is a likeable person in that she is like a more upfront version of Scout from to kill a mockingbird  which she actually says in the book. She fits into Jennifer wieners argument but in the opposite sense because since she has Asperger's and thus does not think the same as everyone else and her interpretations on things are either different or more point blank and I think that it gives a new perspective on people that have Asperger's or a similar condition.

A characters that can compare to Caitlin is Scout from to kill a mockingbird because she is almost similar to her in every other way. they are both young girls that are tomboys and never really act like a girl they cannot tell right from wrong in some situations, and they usually learn something or if they don't get something they learn it from their brother from scout Jem, and from Caitlin Devon that cant really tell from right and wrong and that they usually learn something from their brother in Caitlin's case Devon.