The Benefits Of Being An Octopus By Ann Braden

To begin with, all of us are sometimes evil. Some may hurt people for what they do, and some may make fun of different people. But, What matters most is we are all evil sometimes. This is what we do when we get mad. In THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS By Ann Braden. Lenny wants to be evil throughout the book so he abuses Zoey's mom. Next, Lenny hurts Bryce mentally and makes him not cry because he thinks it's childish. Finally, in the end of the book Lenny throws a lamp at a car and he yells at the kids and Zoey’s mom. This shows how Lenny is evil because He is finding a way to hurt people, and he is controlling people.

First of all, he is finding a way to hurt people throughout the whole story. In The Benefits of Being an Octopus. Lenny shows his evilness when He finds a way to hurt people. For example, when Lenny got mad about Zoey’s mom buying expensive yogurt for the kids Lenny said ”…turn on the waterworks to see if that’ll help. But sorry, you’re not going to manipulate me that way” (Braden 105).Also, this shows that Lenny is evil even when Zoey’s mom is just trying to make her kids happy and Lenny is saying these rude words yelling at Zoey’s mom. Lenny is doing this day after day hurting Zoey’s mom so Zoey's mom gets less

Lenny is controlling people. For example, when Lenny and Zoey’s mom were fighting about how there was no gas in the car when Lenny left to go to work Zoey said “…Lenny is saying that on purpose. He knows what he’s doing. He’s discrediting his opponent” (Braden 152). This evidence proves that Lenny is evil because even Zoey's mom is just trying to get Lenny ground beef to make him happy by using his car and she acedentally uses all of the gas. Also, Lenny is purposely hurting Zoey's mom, making her weak and making her think about how bad she is and Lenny just keeps saying this until Zoey’s mom starts to believe it. Finally, we look at Lenny's example and this can help us be less like a