Mockingbird Reflection

The book Mockingbird written by Kathryn Erskine gives you a very well understanding of how ten-year old girl, Caitlin, with Asperger’s syndrome is living her everyday life. Caitlin is going through a lot, her older brother Devon just got shot and her mom died a while ago, but Caitlin doesn’t quite know how to react. Caitlin and her dad are working through it together and trying to have closure towards Devon’s death. Although Caitlin is having a hard time at home, school is also difficult for her. Most of the time kids are making fun of her because she is to “different”; so she refuses to make new friends. The quote “I know it’s difficult but you can’t keep it all inside” tells me, that you sometimes you have to express your feelings; you can’t always keep them bottled up inside of you. Caitlin has to learn how to show her emotions and not keep them inside her. In the book Caitlin’s guidance counselor said that quote when they needed to talk about her brother’s death, but Caitlin didn’t want to share because she felt dejected.