“Margot stood apart from them, from these children who could never remember a time when there wasn’t rain and rain and rain.” This is what Margot is like, because Margot doesn’t have friends, and Margot wants to accepted. Not only does she have little defense or power, she also can’t socialize into the group. Margot is lonely and this is not the way to fix her problems. One reason she isn’t accepted is because she can’t socialize herself into the school group. For example, she doesn’t play any of the games. Even when the children try to socialize her into the game by tagging her, she stands there and blinks with confusion. Eventually the children edged away from her, and she felt them disappear. Another example is that Margot doesn’t sing