Themes In Out Of My Mind

Have you ever felt like nobody knows the real you?
In the Novel Out Of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper we can see how a theme starts to develop throughout the novel.Melody is a girl who is incredibly intelligent,but know one knows since she has physical disabilities.People who interact with her think that she is stupid,but she is not.This shows how never judge a book by its cover plays throughout the novel. In the Novel Out Of My Mind by Sharon M.Draper there is a theme that plays throughout the novel to never judge a book by its cover.Melody is a 11 year old girl who is incredibly intelligent , but nobody knows that.People think that she is dumb . She gets put up to tests and she can't complete them because of her physical disabilities,but she always knew them. “ I know all the colors and shapes and animals that children my age were supposed to know,plus lots more.In my head I can count to one thousand forward

I hooked my fingers on the edge of the fishbowl,and I pulled it. Water splashed everywhere. I heard my mother thundering up the stairs.When she came through the door,she took one look at the mess and the dying goldfish and shouted,Melody!What have you done?Of Course I knew that. I ‘m not stupid.”-Draper page 62.This clearly shows how Melody is much smarter on the inside.She starts off by crying for her mother’s help because she knows that fish won't survive that long without water and she was only seven years