I Know Very Well How I Got My Name

In the book I Know Very Well How I Got My Name I felt many mixed emotions. Some good and some bad. Let me start with the bad. Sometimes it is hard to realize that things such as sexual abuse and bullying is so common in today’s society. We sometimes don’t even know, or don’t want to accept, it is happening to us. This is what the narrator had to experience and felt. The idea of someone possibly having to go through this pain is so heart breaking. But, when reading I felt that I could in a little way connect. When I was in middle school I was bullied. This girl was just awful. It was like everyone wanted to be like her. And only god knows why because she was a terrible person. Anyways, she turned all my friends against me, I was alone. Wondering around the once big halls that started to feel so small because I was walking through them by myself. This book made me realize that other people have to go through bullying too. I am not the only one that felt sad every day and crying almost every night wondering “why does no one like me?” No, I cannot relate to this exact situation but, after reading this book it opened my eyes to the fact that unfortunately people have to go through this, but I wasn’t the only one. This book turned out to be an amazing book and I am glad I got the chance to read it.