A wave of emotion washed over me. Shock gave way to a sense of betrayal. How could she deceive me all these years? I felt my face flush with embarrassment as I remembered all of the adolescent intimacies I’d shared with Aech. A person I’d trusted implicitly. Someone I thought I knew. When I didn’t say anything, her eyes dropped to her boots and stayed on them. I sat down heavily in the passenger seat, still staring over at her, still unsure of what to say. She kept stealing glances at me; then her eyes would dart away nervously. She was still trembling. Whatever anger or betrayal I felt quickly evaporated(318).
This is an important message to readers about judging people for what they are and not who they are. Too many people in today’s society have internal biases that affect the way they think about people before you have a chance to ever know him. I always strive to judge someone because of their actions and not because of their looks. Our world would be a nicer and less judgmental world and I believe it would be a more agreeable and diverse place as people are more likely to pursue who they are.