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The Giraffe by Mauro Senesi is a short story about a group of boys taking care of a giraffe after the owner passes away. The story starts off with a salesman bringing along a giraffe with him to a town to attract customers however, he passes away. The town’s people have no clue what to do with the giraffe, but a group of young boys take responsibility for it. Subsequently, everyone in the town gets upset by the giraffe so they vote on killing it, but the group of boys run away with it to protect it. Eventually, the giraffe ends up dead due to unknown reason, the group of boys are upset and blame it on the town because the giraffe complicated their everyday life. I can relate to this story personally, as some of my experience from being an outsider and not being able to fit in allows me to understand how the giraffe feels. I am positive that a lot of other people can also relate to the feeling of not being wanted. …show more content…

At the age of eight being the new kid was hard. I was an outcast and unwanted, nobody in my class wanted to play with me. I wasn’t incorporated in any plans and it made life difficult for me as my parents didn’t understand this. Furthermore, not being able to speak English or understand it made it even more difficult for me to make friends. I felt left out and helpless just like the giraffe, “The giraffe swung its head down slowly and kept it low, immobile over him…"Poor animal, what will we do with it?"” - (Senesi). Eventually, I made a couple of friends, people who cared for me they even helped me learn English. Just like the giraffe, my life became difficult when I moved from my normal environment. I wasn’t accustomed to anything in Canada, but with a few friends everything started falling in

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