This was a short story but i felt like it told a very interesting story and i liked it for the most part. When i first began to read it i though of the countless things that could go wrong when a kid shows up to school dressed as hitler but surprisingly, he was protected and brought to attention for coming as a historical figure. I did not expect there to be such a big issue with someone else dressed as Anne Frank, let alone that be the only problem that came up with the costume. After school the story kinda lets go of the girl who was dressed as Anne Frank and leaves her behind and moves onto to the subject of the carnival and trick or treating. I thought it was funny how spot on Boudinot is when he describes the father and son in the halloween store and he grabs his arm and pulls him aside. When i read that i automatically knew the expression and tone of the father because that happens to literally every child at some point in their life.
What i found odd later on in the story is how advanced they are for fourth graders. They swear and they talk about wanting to get into Cydney's pants and everything but Davy also couldn't make it through a haunted house without crying so it seems unbalanced. When Cydney and Davy come out of the maze and an older high schooler asks Davy, "If he got any," Davy doesn't even know what he means! They talk about all this raunchy stuff when in reality, they don't really know anything which i find to be pretty precise in terms of younger kids. Also why is his dad teaching him to roll joints in the fourth grade? I find a lot of the things brought up odd, especially the ending. The very last line is, "Then i reached into the stove to see how far i could go before it really started to hurt. "This confused me a little. My first reaction was that he was suicidal but from the looks of it i really doubt that. I think this was trying to relate about the awful burnings in the concentration camps and how Davy wanted to see how bad it hurt, how much Hitler (his costume) had put people through which i think is a very deep and interesting thought and action for someone so young to take.
Overall i enjoyed this story and i thought that it was fun to read.
Story from my childhood:
Now that i have been faced with the question i find it extremely hard to remember anything from my childhood. The only thing i really remember is when i was super little i was at disney world and i had just gotten off the log ride roller coaster and it was just me and my mom. So we walked off the ride and into the middle of one of the giant sidewalk street things and i remember seeing her there one second and then looking away and looking back and having her not be there. At the time, I had probably never been more scared in my life so i burst into tears and these 3 or 4 high school girls standing like 15 feet away from me just pointed at me and said "aww" like i was a puppy or something. What was probably no more than a minute felt like an eternity to me but she reappeared from around the corner and said she just went to go throw something out.
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