Blog #1

"I kept everyone at a distance, and there you were, smashing through every wall...The first friend." (293)

I can relate to this quote for I have felt the same whe I first came to Canada. I was extremely shy and kept the unfamilliar kids that surrounds me. I still didn't know how children, that were the same age as me, acted each other and I had no clue of their cultures here in Canada. When I first came to school was hard, I'd say I knew people but I did not have friends until the following year; sixth grade. That was when three people broke through my wall and they were able to break free the real me. This is also a part of the theme in the book. The Naturals mainly had a rough start in their earlier lives and that is how they developed their incredible skills that they possesed. By being in a program with all of the members have something in common, walls are often broken down like the Berlin wall. These people understand each other to an extent where they considered each other as their homes. Every body has walls that they put up and there are people in their lives that continuously break them down with or without effort. These walls are just like a cell membrane where there are certain proteins with the right key can enter and be a benefit to the cell.