Gabe’s brother is always acting warily around him and is always careful about what he is doing when around Gabe: “He is like a deer: I don’t want to make any sudden movements and startle his thoughts away” (Hall 105). Along with that, Casey (Gabe’s friend) is also acting cautiously around Gabe, and he is always telling Gabe how he is there for him and wants to help him. Due to that prediction, you can draw another prediction from that information. Gabe confuses a lot of what people are saying throughout the novel, and that leads one to think that something happened to his hearing during this traumatic event. All throughout the novel, people have to reiterate their words because Gabe doesn’t respond. Near the beginning of the novel, the characters seemed to think that Gabe was just ignoring them. However, when it kept happening people began to realize that maybe he has a hard trouble hearing and they do not take it as harsh anymore. For example, each time Gabe would order at Starbucks, the barista would have to ask him questions multiple times in order for him to
Gabe’s brother is always acting warily around him and is always careful about what he is doing when around Gabe: “He is like a deer: I don’t want to make any sudden movements and startle his thoughts away” (Hall 105). Along with that, Casey (Gabe’s friend) is also acting cautiously around Gabe, and he is always telling Gabe how he is there for him and wants to help him. Due to that prediction, you can draw another prediction from that information. Gabe confuses a lot of what people are saying throughout the novel, and that leads one to think that something happened to his hearing during this traumatic event. All throughout the novel, people have to reiterate their words because Gabe doesn’t respond. Near the beginning of the novel, the characters seemed to think that Gabe was just ignoring them. However, when it kept happening people began to realize that maybe he has a hard trouble hearing and they do not take it as harsh anymore. For example, each time Gabe would order at Starbucks, the barista would have to ask him questions multiple times in order for him to