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Person C- Nicole Heytink Person D- Tayler Hehir


 * Why do you think that Augusten continues to stay in the relationship with Bookman even though he says that he hates him?** We feel that he stays in the relationship with Bookman because he is the first gay man that Augusten has come in contact with and he feels comfortable with him. He also feels that he is the only one he can talk to out of everyone in his family.


 * Do you that that Augusten is only staying with Bookman because he feels that he cant reach out to anyone else?** No we fell that he would be able to reach out to other people if he left the house more. He stays at home a lot and only really hangs out with The finches. Also now that he has Bookman he has no reason to leave and find someone else.


 * The age difference between Bookman and Augusten is by many years, even though Dr. Finch and Augusten mom seem to be fine with it, do you think that they should stop the relationship for Augusten's own good?** Yes we feel that they should stop the relationship because a child shouldn't be in a relationship and especially a sexual relationship with a adult. Also Augusten is learning new things that he would never do if he wasn't with Bookman. He is becoming more mature and is acting more like an adult then a child.

Yes Augusten before living with the finches was very innocent and didn't do much with his life. Once he started living with the Finches he started doing things that he would never do before. He fakes a suicide to not go to school, and has sex with an older man. Yes Augusten learned from his father who was very abusive and didn't care for him or his mother. He left them when Augusten was little, and because Augusten only had a father figure for a short amount of time, he learned that it was okay to treat people like that. Person A- Allyson **What is the overriding emotion of this book? What examples back up your claim?** I think the main mood is confusion. The whole setting is confusing to start off with. Augusten doesn’t even know if he loves his boyfriend or not and they keep breaking up and then getting back together. The same thing happened with Natalie and her boyfriend. Also, the relationship with Augusten and his mother is confusing. The mom wants to be a mom but also a mother at the same time, making things confusing and complicated. There are a lot of relationships in this book that are confusing. In class today we discussed questions and answered them. We all answered questions together and discussed them into detail. Our questions were focused on Augusten and how he is dealing with his life. We talked about why we think he is staying in a relationship with Bookman. We all agreed that he stays with him because he is the first gay man he had feelings for and feels comfortable with him. Also we discussed that he should not stay in a relationship because he is much younger then Bookman.Also we talked about the main emotion of the book which was confusion because Augusten is dealing with many different things in his life, and he is very confused on what road to take.
 * Do you feel that since Augusten is living with the Finches he is changing his ways and turning crazy to feel accepted ?**
 * When Augusten is abusive to Neil, do you think he is doing this because he saw that his father did that to his mother, and is turning into him?**
 * Person B- Lauren**