"Outcasts, callused from being in exile for too long, learn to thrive on being the hated; the attention and infamy of our actions fuel us to become antiheroes. Too often do we forget: we risk self-destruction if we fail to follow what we know is right; our talents too often become misplaced, misdirected, misguided from what could have been something wonderful,"(Norton,2015).
There is not just one day when I felt like an outcast. I feel like I am, always. It may seem cliche,and appear to be just another misunderstood teenage experience, but it really is my day to day life. I have never been one to follow or promote the mainstream or "normal". I have always been very liberal, open-minded, and artistic. I posses so many traits that contribute to the fact that I am an outcast.To begin, Im a vegetarian, I also don't eat foods that aren't organic or non-gmo. I am also an introvert and this makes me self isolate. I am an "angry Feminist",or so I have been Called. I am an artist, but my best works are creepy and morbid. I listen to every kind of music except new pop music, and Im not even saying that to seem cool, its the truth. Also I'm gay and although most people know, and don't mind, its been a HUGE reason behind my social ostracization. Another reason I have been an outcast is because my past is not a "normal" high school past. I have had to live in group homes because of CPS, and be placed in a psych ward twice. Dealing with mental illness was not really the cookie-cutter high school experience I was expecting. I also have a really bad habit of speaking my mind, and forgetting how to small talk. I don't like small talk,facades, phonies, or people pleasers. I like people who are "angry" ( I think people mean passionate), I like people who are real and raw, I like people who will hurt your feeling because they tell the truth. I really just can't stand people who pretend to be something they are not, or those who pretend to be sweet. That seems to be most of my peers I'm surrounded by. They are trying to please teachers, parents, and friends. I don't try to, and that makes me a outcast. Truth be heard I'm just a huge paradox.
The whole being an outcast thing relates to the novel because of the character Gretchen Lutterman. She is an outcast. She has experienced cruelty/abuse, and even incest. It is no wonder she chooses to isolate herself from others. She has suffered greatly because of people. Also when Cal starts trying to help Gretchen, he has the possiblibilty of becoming an outcast and loses his "popular"social standing.
There is not just one day when I felt like an outcast. I feel like I am, always. It may seem cliche,and appear to be just another misunderstood teenage experience, but it really is my day to day life. I have never been one to follow or promote the mainstream or "normal". I have always been very liberal, open-minded, and artistic. I posses so many traits that contribute to the fact that I am an outcast.To begin, Im a vegetarian, I also don't eat foods that aren't organic or non-gmo. I am also an introvert and this makes me self isolate. I am an "angry Feminist",or so I have been Called. I am an artist, but my best works are creepy and morbid. I listen to every kind of music except new pop music, and Im not even saying that to seem cool, its the truth. Also I'm gay and although most people know, and don't mind, its been a HUGE reason behind my social ostracization. Another reason I have been an outcast is because my past is not a "normal" high school past. I have had to live in group homes because of CPS, and be placed in a psych ward twice. Dealing with mental illness was not really the cookie-cutter high school experience I was expecting. I also have a really bad habit of speaking my mind, and forgetting how to small talk. I don't like small talk,facades, phonies, or people pleasers. I like people who are "angry" ( I think people mean passionate), I like people who are real and raw, I like people who will hurt your feeling because they tell the truth. I really just can't stand people who pretend to be something they are not, or those who pretend to be sweet. That seems to be most of my peers I'm surrounded by. They are trying to please teachers, parents, and friends. I don't try to, and that makes me a outcast. Truth be heard I'm just a huge paradox.
The whole being an outcast thing relates to the novel because of the character Gretchen Lutterman. She is an outcast. She has experienced cruelty/abuse, and even incest. It is no wonder she chooses to isolate herself from others. She has suffered greatly because of people. Also when Cal starts trying to help Gretchen, he has the possiblibilty of becoming an outcast and loses his "popular"social standing.