The author is deeply embarrassed the next day in school.As he was still wearing the same clothes that he had worn to the church the morning fire broke out. He had no shoes,so he had to borrow some tennis shoes from his aunt. The clothes he was wearing looked weird, he had no books or homework, and his backpack was gone, everything seemed embarrassing to him.
Words used in the lesson that show his fear and insecurity are “…outcast and geek…” , “…like a zombie.”, “…wanted to curl up and die.” , “Everything felt surreal”, “All the security…had all been ripped away”.
