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5 – Comments
- Erik doesn’t like his supervisor because she treats him like an elementary or middle school student. Erik wanted to do things that normal people do. He didn’t consider himself a normal human being because of his blindness. He wanted more freedom.

- The supervisor is going to show Erik a better way to read and to do things most of the things that normal people do. He thought that he needed to learn it all over again because the supervisor was going to teach what he knows but in a better way. He didn’t want to do it because he already learned it.

- He hated this year of high school because the students treat him as a kid. One day when he was going to the bathroom, everybody got out of the way and some student wanted to help him to go to the bathroom. But, he said no because he thinks that he all grown up.

- One day he needed to use the bathroom so bad so he asks the teacher to let him go and he said “okay”. He wanted to go alone. When he went alone, he thought it would be easy to find it but, it wasn’t. Each time he touches the door and opens it, it’s another classroom. He couldn’t hold it for long and then he pee on himself. His supervisor saw him and told him not to go unsupervised. He got mad because he can’t do anything by himself.

- The first year of high school is not what he imagine, he doesn’t like it. He is treated so different from other students.

4 – Question
- Why doesn’t he accept people help when they give it to him?
- Why does he try to do things on his own? What is Erik goal of doing things of his own?
- Does he really need to do things on his own?
3 – Vocabulary
- Firmly = not shaking or trembling
- Frantic = desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain and etc.
- Haltingly = limping or lame
2 – Literary Term
- Chris is like a quagmire (simile).
- I thought that high school supposes to have freedom, which you have more liberty, but I’m in prison. (Imagery).
1 – Overview
- This part of the chapter is about Erik being in high school (freshman year) and he wants to do thing on his own but, he can’t because he always get lost or mess up.