Okay For Now Analysis

In Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt, a boy named Doug moves to Marysville, a small town in New York. He needs to start fitting in. If someone’s new, it’s hard to fit in especially if you are rude. But, if you’re nice to them, they will help you fit in.

One person who helps Doug is Coach Reed, the gym teacher. “With your shirt off, Sweetek. You have to have your shirt off if you're on the skin team.” I looked around at the two teams. “I think we all are smart enough to remember who's on our team,” I said. It's not like we're gym teachers or something. Ok. There I wasn't really trying.” (142.) The author includes it because it is a dramatic change in the book It shows that Doug is changing from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset about his tatoo .In the end of the book Coach Reed gives Lucas a job. “I think I could of kissed him.” the author includes

In the beginning of the book Doug acts obnoxious because he doesn’t want to be in this town and he wants to get as far away from this town as he can. “It looks like your waiting for the library to open.” “That’s right.” Leaned back against the stairs pretty cool, like before. She got off the bike and flipped down the kickstand. “Do you think I can trust you?” she said. “I wonder if this was supposed to be a trick. The author includes this because he wants to show the beginning of their relationship when neither of them know it is starting. In the end of the book, Lil gets real sick right before the play and they ask Doug to take over but he is really scared because Joe Pepitone is sitting in the front row and Doug doesn’t want to mess up. So Lil is encouraging him. Who else knows the lines for Helen Burns?” she said. I looked at her. I looked at Mr. Gregory. At my mother. Then, Mr. and Mrs. Spicer. Then Lil. “Break a leg”, she said again sort of weak” The author includes this because it shows how Lil is really encouraging Doug and Doug trusts