Courage for beginners (POV)

In the book courage for beginners Mysti is telling us from her point of view. This is first point of view. Mysti is the main character. It does not change in the book to another characters point of view. It's very interesting knowing what she's thinking because she has to face a lot of problems. In the book it says,"As for me, I told mama to quit changing the mural scene on my wall." This is saying this is Mysti talking because she's telling her mom something. This is how I know that the point of view is coming from Mysti.

Courage for beginners confusion

In the book courage for beginners there is a bunch of twist and turns the thing that confuses me. When Mysti enters 7th grade out of no where her bestfriend Anibal is a hipster. I don't understand how out of no where she is a hipster. How did she decide she wanted to be a hipster. Also mama has a fear of going outside. The thing that I don't get is that how did mama get it? Has she always had it? How did she go to school? In the book it says, "I came to understand that mama had something called agoraphobia." Agoraphobic is what it is called when you are scared to go outside or be in public places. These are the only confusing parts in the book that I don't understand. 

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Courage for beginners and Anne frank

I'm comparing and contrasting the play Anne Frank and the book Courage for Beginners. In the book Courage for Beginners the main character Mysti Murphy's mom has a fear of going outside or in public places. Mysti's mom always stays inside. When she needs something she has her husband get it. Mysti dad ends up getting really sick and has to go to the hospital. Well he's in the hospital Mysti has to get her the stuff she needs. In the Anne Frank play Anne and her family has to hide away. Anne's family has friends that brings them food and news about what is happening outside. The difference in these two reading is in Courage for Beginners she chooses to stay inside and never to go out. In Anne Frank they have no choice they have to stay inside if they don't want to get captured and killed. If Anne Frank didn't go into hiding the Germans would of found them way quicker then they did. Mysti's mom can go out anyday and anytime because she's not being forced to stay inside. These are how the play Anne Frank and the book Courage for Beginners is the same and different.