Am I Blue?
              

        After reading Am I Blue,by Bruce Coville,I believe that gay people shouldn't hide for who they are, just because they're afraid what other people will think. People should just accept who they are. They think everyone is equal, like its wrong to be gay, but deep inside them, they're just as gay as the next person. They just don't know it yet. For example, when Vincent, the main character gets the gaydar, a automatic sensing system that lets you know that person is gay or not, he sees everyone blue which indicates that they're gay. Even he has blue on himself. See, not everyone is who they think they are. Even Bruce Carrigan, the bully who beats up Vincent almost everyday, is gay, because he trying to act tough , to hide the feeling that he is secretly gay,but, guess what buddy? everyone else all around you is gay.

           Another example is when Melvin, the fairy godfather says to Vincent that he had the same problem when he was young, he was beaten up everyday just because he was different from society,and that is how he got turned into a fairy godfather, because of the problem that Vincent is facing right now. He even says to him, that "I walk and talk because I'm not going to let anyone else define me", he means that people who thinks they're not gay shouldn't control their lives. They should be proud for who they are. Its nice to have some diversity  It's boring to be the same all the time. Normal is overrated. Gay people are a special kind of people. They should be with the one they love. 

           At the end he, Vincent, truly accepts the way he is , with the help of his godfather, Melvin and the gaydar, and his three wishes. The first one was used on his coffee, the second one was used on to turn everyone ,coast to coast, blue to see what people make of it. Soon they figured it out. And his last wish was to turn Butch into blue, but he has still one more wish to go, because he was already blue the next day when he saw him. Vincent decided to accept the truth, after all this time. Since everyone else is gay.so in the end he wants to use his last wish on a guy thats perfect for him.