Am I Blue By Bruce Coville

I’m read a short story called “am I blue” by Bruce Coville. This short story is about a boy named Vince he was bullied by a boy named Butch Carrigan. He pushed him into puddles and beated him senseless. “You little fruit” he would say. Then came along his gay fairy god father. He guided him through of what Vince is gay or straight. The godfather told him he has three wishes. After a while Vince was convinced that he really is a fairy godfather. Vanishing stains, and changing regular coffee into Swiss double mocha. His fairy godfather granted him three wishes. His fairy godfather talked to him about how he was like him, getting bullied and being curious. After a while the godfather took him to a tour showing peoples true colors by turning them blue if there gay. Some people had shades of blue others were dark blue. Vince realized that some people are gay and some people have a hint of it without even noticing. All in all Vince finally found out his true colors.

Vince went through a lot. Getting bullied for something he doesn't even now is right. He didn’t know if he was gay but people still bullied him because of what they thought.

“You little fruit” he snarled. “I’ll teach you to look at me!” a moment or two later he had given me my lesson.

In that little phrase it shows that Vince is being called gay and getting bullied for it. Vince doesn't knows if he’s gay but people still bully him. I think that maybe the bully is gay and puts it out on Vince because he is smaller than him. Or maybe butch isn’t gay he is just homophobic. I think that butch is a little gay but didn’t realize it. I noticed that Vince is not defending himself by saying that he’s not gay. Also I noticed that he said he had given me my lesson. I think that when he is saying that he could be saying that butch taught him his lesson for being gay. But when the fairy godfather came he said that he didn’t know if he was gay or not. In the text it clearly states “he had dark hair, a neat mustache, and a sweater slung over his shoulders. He was kind of handsome almost pretty.” In those two sentences it states that Vince thought that the godfather is handsome and pretty, that kind of shows he was feelings for men.

Vince either grew up being gay or maybe something happened to him in his early childhood that made him confused. They didn’t mention anything about the parents in the passage so maybe Vince has gay parents or something affected him because of his parents.

In real life lots of kids don’t know who they are. They are curious and are confused. Some kids already know if they are straight, gay or bi, but others still don’t know. A lot of kids can relate to Vince in real life.

All in all Vince doesn't know what he is and his fairy godfather is trying to guide him through it.