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Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school?&n... - Moments Supplementary Reader
Question
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity?
Answer
The author is deeply embarrassed because he has to go to school wearing the clothes he had worn to church and borrowed tennis shoes instead of his regular school shoes. He has no backpack, no books, and his homework was destroyed in the fire. He feels like an outcast and a "geek" because he looks and feels completely out of place.
The words that show his fear and insecurity are: "outcast,""geek,""zombie," and phrases like "I didn't want to grow up, change or have to handle life if it was going to be this way" and "I just wanted to curl up and die."