Blog Post #6

     So this week, I haven't gotten much further in Lets Explore Diabetes with Owls, but I have been wanting to blog about a different book. Over the summer, I read the book Will Grayson,Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. This novel is about how two boys with the same name (Will Grayson) but very different personalities meet through a series of peculiar events. The chapters alternate between the two boys, Will Grayson, a relatively quiet guy who is just trying to get high school over with, and will grayson, a simple, depressed teen who similar to Will Grayson just wants to get through high school without killing himself.

     

      You may have noticed that I didn't capitalize the second will graysons name. In the book, David Levithan writes wills point of view in lowercase letters. In an interview in the back of the book, he explains:

      

     "The reason my will writes in lowercase is simple - that's how he sees himself. He is a lowercase person."

     I think this is an interesting method of characterization. A simple change in the format can really add to the character. This made me think: Am I a lowercase person? Or an uppercase person? I think that personally, I am somewhere in the middle. I don't really feel like I stand out in a crowd, but I also don't feel like I "blend in". Of course, there are a lot more layers to lowercase and uppercase people, but my question for you is: Are you a lowercase or uppercase person? Why?