Pattern Of Human Behavior In The Fan Club By Rona Maynard

The Fan Club Did you know that an average of 160,000 teens will skip school everyday due to bullying? Information found from dosomething.org. Man, that's a lot of students who are affected that much, then feel the need to skip school due to pain and embarrassment. In the story, The Fan Club, by Rona Maynard main character Laura feels as if popular crowd is snickering and whispering behind her back. She is struggling internally trying to understand why. She makes friends with a girl named Rachel and Rachel is drowning socially. She does not make friends well because the 'in' crowd, consisting of Steve, Ellen, and Dianne. They are constantly judging Rachel on her background and misfortunes.Unfortunately this happens to a lot of kids and

"...Terri and Diane had laughed and whispered." (Maynard, pg. 16) Rona Maynard used the human behavior pattern of laughing and whispering throughout the story. I think that she did this because it built suspense for the reader trying to understand what they were snickering and whispering about. It demonstrates human behavior because when we as human laugh or snicker about something it can mean one of two things, that something is funny or that they are making fun or someone. "...their hostile stares as they passed her in the corridor." (Maynard, pg.3) This quote from the story demonstrates a human behavior pattern for two reasons throughout the story the 'in' crowd stares at Rachel and makes fun of her, and two because it is in our human nature to stare. It would be lying to say that you have never started at anyone or anything even if it is labeled as a rude act, it is in our human nature. Therefore it is a behavior pattern because constantly throughout the story the popular people stare at Rachel and make fun of her. Though it is a little too early in the story to notice it is a pattern as you read on it becomes more clear. In conclusion to this paragraph Rona Maynard did a great job demonstrating the effects of human behavior

3) In paragraph 3 main character Laura is struggling with why she isn't accepted and she feels that it is because of the way she looks. She is struggling internally with the way she looks and acts like she doesn't care but really she does. I think that many people can relate this because they know they have caught themselves wondering why they aren't being accepted. "Were they looking at her?" (Maynard, pg. 26) In paragraph 26 Laura becomes self conscious, wondering if they were looking at her. This is a demonstration of internal conflict because she is becoming nervous and curious to know if the popular people had chosen her to snicker and make fun of today. I chose this quote because I think that everyone has wondered, at one point, if they are being made fun of or laughed at. It is a very relatable and common thought for any human. In closure to this paragraph I think that Rona Maynard did a great job touching the subject of bullying consequences through the inner conflict