a pariah is someone who's excluded from mainstream society. But being different - that's unforgivable. None of these things will hurt your social standing. Holding someone's head down the toilet is fine (and the weaker the someone, and the dirtier the toilet, the finer it is). taking pleasure in the humiliation of others is fine. Actually, in secondary school, being different is pretty much the only crime you can commit.Most of the things the UN considers crimes are not considered crimes at secondary school. In secondary school, being different is the worst crime you can commit. Tucker Shaw: 30, or twitter.“In case you didn't know, in secondary school - especially in the early years of secondary school - diversity is not celebrated. Lucky us: We get to go along for the (sometimes bumpy) ride. Alex is a precocious, endearing, infuriating and unexpectedly brilliant teenager, and he and his indelible voice are incapable of sticking on the road most traveled.
Wordy? Here and there.īut predictable? Not so much. Peterson come together, the story broadens from an examination of the remarkable (and unremarkable) inner life of a meteor-struck teenager into a rollicking friendship tale and road trip story, which also takes in the complexities (legal, logistical and emotional) of assisted dying. Peterson, fatherless Alex embraces the relationship. So when fate delivers an unlikely friendship with a reclusive neighbor - the pot-smoking American Vietnam veteran Mr. And he’s generally disgruntled by life (see adolescent boy reference above). He’s coddled by his kooky mother, whose fortune-telling business took off after Alex’s famous encounter with space junk. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪlex, a practical and reflective kid, is bullied by schoolmates who don’t condone his propensity for activities like reading.
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