The first thing I notice about the child in Cipher in the Snow (aside from the fact that he is dead) is that he is very withdrawn from everone. His parents, teachers, and principle know very little about him. He seems like a depressed child who has great potential if people would try to get closer to him. The trouble between his mother and father seems to have affected him greatly. He seems to have just started off with a rough life. People never encouraged him or gave him goals, so he never tried to set any goals of his own. Overall, he seems like a very disliked child with low self esteem... He was basically a loser. That sucks!
People continued to put him down more and more.. It was a snowball effect. Teachers even started to push him to the side and just let him act how he wanted to. They stopped trying to get through to him. The fact that his step-father was a complete jerk didn't help his situation either.
Those who spent the most time around him realized that with a little attention and love, they might have changed his life.
The boy that died changed the lives of the teachers so that everyone in their classes would feel wanted.
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