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As I read the first few pages of this novel I thought it was about a girl, because of the picture on the front, but as I kept reading I realized it is about a young boy maybe about thirteen who liked to go into houses just for fun. I thought this was some what confusing because he wouldn’t steel anything and it seemed he really did not have a positive male role model in his life, Sonny talks about his mom as though she has been with several different men who she might have fallen in love with or thought she was. He later moves in with his mother and her want to be husband, he seems like a good influence on Sonny at first but it is later on that I read about his racism and its possible he has Sonny doing some of his dirty work. I think that Sonny may run away in this story, he has been saving money that he stole but is also very independent to the point I can picture him living on his own. Making himself meals which he has already proven he can do, even if it is a microwave dinner, Sonny is independent and does not like his moms new man, he can see right through him and his intentions. Sonny has saved some money about two hundred and fifty dollars, he might be saving so when he feels that the time is right he can take off and live on his own maybe even get a job, since Sonny has been doing these odd jobs around the apartments for Cloyd and doesn’t seem to mind doing the odd jobs, it tells me that Sonny is and can be responsible but he also is worried and concerned for his mother, who maybe to him she is not so bright when it comes to men. Well maybe Sonny will take his mother and sister with him, he can take care of them and protect them from the world He likes the way life is but I really think he wants a normal life, yet he wont eat at the dinning table, this to me is normal family living. I actually think that maybe he will run away and take on his own life, Sonny can fend for himself and even gets encouragement from his mother, she gives him money here and there so if he saves up enough money he can move or buy a car or use it for any kind of emergency that he may need it for or for his mother, eventually it will be used for something maybe he will buy the neighbors car if he doesn’t sell it. Really I see Sonny living on his own and taking care of himself just as he did before they moved in with Mr. Longpre, I see Sonny finding out the truth about his dog goofy and pretty much scolding his mother for not letting him keep her he is seems upset about his companion, over all I think Sonny will grow up to be a responsible adult and make a place in the world for himself.