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Everyone is treating Kevin as a hero. He was in the right place and the right time and he saved a girl from being murdered. Only Kevin knows though, why he was able to save her. Things get even more complicated when Kevin is seen removing two patriotic “Support the Troops” ribbons from his car... read more
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“How stupid is it to pin all your patriotic fervor on a magnet? On something temporary that can be removed and replaced at will. Even an actual bumper sticker is kinda cheesy, when you think about it. Want to brag about going to a theme park or that your kid's a stud athlete? Sure, a bumper sticker's the way to go. Kind of weak for matters of life and death, though.”
Kevin -
“OK, got it. Don't diss troops in front of John Riordon, else hell to pay. That is now filed away in my brain under the category THINGS TO REMEMBER--URGENT!!!!”
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“It's weird--you do something almost every day of your life, for as long as you can remember. And everyone else does it, too, but no one talks about it. No one knows how it started. No one wonders. It's just a minute at the beginning of every school day, when we all get up and do the same thing without even thinking about it. And then one day... you think about it. And it's like a whole new world.”
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“So it's like everyone can dump whatever meaning they want on a symbol, which means that you can't really rely on it. You can't be sure it means what you think it means, so it's better to go to the truth of the matter, to the meanings themselves.”
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“I'm now officially weirded out. It was unofficial before, but now all of the papers have been stamped.”
Kevin -
“Are we ever truly brave? Or do we just adjust our fear for a little while and mistake it for courage? How can fear on the inside look like bravery from the outside?”
Kevin -
“Maybe it's like I was sent or something. All so that I could become a hero and then fall from grace and learn a lesson about real heroism.”
Kevin -
“There's nothing wrong with running away. The trick is running back.”
Kevin
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"You know those pictures of fat people?"
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- Patriotism
- Heroism
- Symbols: The meaning of burning the flag and patriotic car magents
- Emotional Avoidance: Kevin engages in obsessive behavior to fill the void created when his mother and brother left
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- Barry Lyga (Author)
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