Highschool for gabe

In this book Beautiful Music for Ugly Children  there is a guy named Gabe, who actually use to be Elizabeth Williams. He tells us about the struggles hes had to endure during his experience in high school. Such as being called names, and being bullying for his sexual preference.In the second chapter on page 26 says " i hear a snicker and a LESBO! from the back of the room as i slouch my way up there." a prime exmaple of her getting verbally bullied at times.

I can relate to this because i am a highschooler, and sometime i find myself in the same kind of predicament. i don't get talked about for the same reasons as Gabe does but sometime kids at school will talk about the way you look, or how you do certain things. Gabe deals with it by just reminding himself mentally that hes a senior and soon he'll be out of high school. I do the same.

he finally faught back

Slaves were sent to Mr. Covey,a slave breaker, if they showed any type of resistance or attitude. So, Fredrick Douglass was sent to him as well. Mr Coveys job was to break you down physically and mentally. He was rented to Mr. Covey for one year, and for the first six months he explained that he had lost all hope of anything anymore. Covey had broke him down so badly he escaped to his old plantation and ask his prior slave owner for protection. Fredrick was only sent back. But one afternoon Fredrick made up in his mind that he would not stand for it and he put up a fight that lasted two hours straight.