AM I BLUE?

                                                                   AM I BLUE?
                                             Bruce Coville

In the short story, "Am I Blue?" a boy named Vince is struggling with his identity. He is bullied by a group of kids who call him gay, and one of those kids is actually gay. But when a fairy godfather comes to the rescue, at first Vince is struggling with the idea that he might be gay and that he is hanging out with someone who is gay, but by the end he learns to accept that he needs to be himself.
I think that this story is really about how you always need to work on accepting yourself and accepting others. If you can't admit what you really feel, just to yourself even, and to the people you care about, you are never going to really be happy. Hiding in shame to be you is not okay, because you is okay, so being you is what you need to be.

In the story, Vince is not sure if he is gay and he is embarrassed. He asked hid fairy godfather, "Does this mean I'm gay?" I think that is a perfect example of what not to do. Who you are is not up to anyone, but you. No one else can tell you who you are and aren't, because its your choice. also, he says, "it won't really do me much good to be walking with a guy like you." I think that is incredibly rude and wrong. You shouldn't care what people think about you and your friends, just be happy also it is very wrong to put others down when they want trying to be themselves. But, i do get how he feels, sometimes being seen with someone you actually don't mind,puts the image down that you are trying to project. Though that wouldn't even be a problem if you are just yourself.

Vincent does change though. He Starts to realize it's actually okay to be different if that's who you are.You may be bullied now, but in the long run you will be much happier with yourself. you will truly be able to be happy no matter what anyone else thinks or says. When he says, "For the girl of my dreams...or even my price charming." i feel very proud of the fact that he is able to say that. I think the best gift in life is being happy and loved, and both of those can only happen if you love who you are and don't care what everyone else does.