Text to Self - Out of my Mind

     I'm reading Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper. Out of my Mind, by Sharon Draper, is a story about a young girl named Melody Brooks who has cerebral palsy, and she goes through challenges she has personally and physically at school and home. Cerebral Palsy is a brain damage that affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture, and balance. Melody is also really smart, but she can't tell anybody. She gets frustrated and jealous with other people because they sometimes don't understand her, and they don't think she is capable of learning because she sometimes drools and falls out of her wheel chair.
     Melody from Out of my Mind reminds me of someone I know because she and my friend are both really smart. They both get frustrated sometimes when people don't understand what they are trying to say. My friend doesn't have cerebral palsy, but she gets frustrated when she's trying to explain something to me, and I don't get it. Melody also gets frustrated when people don't understand what she's trying to say on her limited communication board. Melody also reminds me of me sometimes because she is always saying how she feels like she is trapped in a cage, and she can't get out. In a way, I agree with this because I feel like everyone is trapped in their own cage depending on what is going on in their each individual life. Sometimes it is hard for people to share what they are feeling, but Melody can't share at all what she is feeling.
     I started to think about how hard it must be for Melody to not be able to tell anybody how she feels or how she can't do most things by herself, and then I started to think about what I would do if I was in her shoes. I honestly don't know what I would do if I were her. There was this part in the book where Melody was trying to tell her dad that she wanted a Big Mac and shake from McDonald's, but her dad didn't understand because she was pointing to "go" and "eat" on her communication board. She didn't get the Big Mac and shake until a few weeks later. These thoughts made me appreciate the things I am able to do, and look at people differently in a new light.

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