My Never Ending List

He’s totally honest with everyone but himself, he’s not even afraid of others feeling when he throws his honesty around, this is what I think about Matthew, after reading this novel. I think Matthew hides from himself; just don’t look at the man behind the curtain for if you do, you might find a person whose hiding. Matthew helped Amy realize that she has been living in a dream world within her head and now with some pressure from Amy; Matthew is now one of Amy’s peer helpers. She is hoping that her dream world becomes a reality and she will gain the friendships she feels she most desperately needs and her disability won’t be a barrier. Amy wants to feel good about herself again and she wants to live her life like a typical teen. So many stories were united together as Amy’s story came to light, the characters coming to the scene, telling their stories and I could relate to their words. They spoke how they knew Amy, how they viewed her situation, their spilled their emotions, each one had a story and each story was unique. Being overshadowed by an adult aide all the time, that would make it hard for Amy to make friends as a child. I thought it was sad that it wasn’t until she was in high school that they figured out she didn’t have any friends or was not involved with any type of peer activities, even if only to watch. As Amy fantasizes about being the person she knew her body will not perform to she knows she can write down her thoughts, and her writing is ideal. Using her new writing/speaking tool she is able to communicate with her peers and with some planning she feels she is making strides towards becoming friends with some of them. It was Matthew’s story that made the limelight. His boldness, his mannerism of doing thousands of tiny little things that makes her life easier, just because he could, pushes Matthew into Amy’s heart. That was Matthew. As her relationships evolve, she must reach beyond her boundaries and she must speak. She must remember who she is; she is not the handicap child, she is Amy, the girl who reached out and who has lots of possibilities.