Novel connection. When Richie punches Russell in the face, his mother wants to call the principal, however, Russell wants to keep quiet about the whole incident. Russell’s mom’s response was, “I’m not doing nothing. If one adult did this to another, he be in jail. Why should it be different for kids?” (p. 45)
Blog Question: Should kids solve their own problems or should adults/parents get involved? Explain.
Sometimes it's hard to be a kid. Everybody's probably heard that before, but I want to enforce that. Middle school is full of decisions and choices you have to make and you feel if you don't make the decision people around you think you should make, you fall fast. This might have been one of the reasons Russell felt his mom shouldn't get involved. Sometimes kids want to be independent and solve their own problems. This might have been part of why Russell didn't want his mother to get involved, but this problem was bigger than him.
On page 46, Russell says, "I think he felt bad." This is another reason he didn't want his mom (or another adult) to get involved.
In conclusion, I think adults/parents shouldn't get involved, at least in this case. It seems, later on in the book, when Russell, Catilina, and Elliot set up the Revealer, they are solving their own problems. The adults didn't get involved, but this is case specific and if you have a problem bigger than everybody, you need to add people up so you are bigger than the problem.
Revealers- Keeping Quiet
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